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The Five Habits of Highly Passive People
A business colleague told me recently that she thought I was the ‘passive and calm’ type. I didn't like it. I didn’t like it one bit. True, she hadn’t known me for very long and her observations of me were all within one limited situation. But she’s an astute and experienced person, so I took her comments seriously enough to warrant reflection. Why didn’t I like it? Well,
Questions I Get Asked About Getting Business Through Twitter
People are asking me the following questions - an awful lot - so I thought I'd write a blog post to redirect everyone to, when these issues come up again. This blog post is directed at new Twitter users who are tweeting about their occupation or business. How do I get more followers on Twitter? You must tweet. If you don't tweet, people won't know you exist nor what you do. Don't ...
We Don’t Care What Dress the Customer Wants
This week, I was contacted by someone looking for training in sales and customer service. She told me I was the first supplier of training to mention the 'tailoring'. Everyone else she had made enquiries with had told her she'd be getting a standard course, with no effort to match up with what they particularly needed. Imagine a bride walking into a bridal gown boutique to be told that there'd be ...
The Ten Worst Business Phrases of All Time
I've probably blogged this before, but I'm just about gonna burst myself open if I hear another business person mention getting our ducks in a row. I mean, no-one tells you what the ducks are, nor which goes at which end of the row, and is one more important than another? It means get organised, plan, or strategise, another dopey made-up word.
Jedi Workshop Goes International!
Well, kind of. I was interviewed this morning by Steve Chase of ABC Radio in Australia. Media coverage for this course has snowballed at an unbelievable rate in the last week. Dawn mentioned some of the radio interviews I've done in the last blog, as well as the inital exposure with the Newsletter and the BBC. This in addition to the national newspapers that were generous with their space... at least on-line. First of all ...
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Getting a Job in the Recession #3: Jobs Boards
If you've been following the series, you'll know that I'm looking at How to Get a Job in the Recession. So far, we've looked at CVs and Virtual CVs. This weeks, it's Jobs Boards - how to find a job online. I've listed some international sit
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Boys, Biology and Bias
Do yo know where the heart is located? Yes? What about the kidneys? Kind of... And the pancreas? The what? New research has shown that basic anatomy 'baffles Britons'. Take the test to find out how ignorant you are . (I got t
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The Ultimate in Business Etiquette
That nice, modest Mr Blair is at it again, this time in the name of religion. As founder of the appropriately named Tony Blair Faith Foundation, he has spoken from on high. You've heard calls for 'financial literacy' and 'emotional literacy
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Getting a Job in the Recession #2: The Virtual CV
The second article in my series, Getting a Job in the Recession, is a review of VisualCV. Last week, I looked at how to put together a regular CV. So, what makes a virtual CVdifferent? What makes VisualCV different? You can use Visual
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Sex and Self-Defence
Indian sex workers learn karate says the title of the article. I am unimpressed. Prostitutes in an Indian state have started taking karate lessons to help protect themselves against violent pimps and 'customers'. If you go to the article,
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Sex and Chocolate on the Brain
In an article entitled 'People-person' brain area found, "scientists say they have located the brain areas that may determine how sociable a person is. Warm, sentimental people tend to have more brain tissue in the outer strip of the brain just
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Getting a Job in the Recession #1: The CV
Prompted by friends who've had to take a paycut or lost their job recently, I thought I'd put all my advice down on paper screen. There are a few issues I'd like to hit (not necessarily in the order below) in this series, Getting a Job in the
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One is Not Born, But Rather Becomes, Gifted!
The whole 'nature versus nurture' debate is increasingly fought out in the field of education. In an interesting article called Nature, nurture and exam results, Mike Baker looks at the current state of play. Which is, that a child's family b
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