Women on the Move
On Thursday 23/10/08, I will be speaking at Women on the Move’s October networking event. To book your place, contact Joanne on 028 2565 8618 or info@womenonthemove.org.uk. The topic? Groundswell: Are You Ignoring the Elephant in the Room? If you want to know more, email...
Read MoreHow to Stop Being Nice
Why is it that we’re all ever so nice? We’re taught to be nice from infancy. Nice doesn’t get brought breakfast in bed. Nice doesn’t cut dead the jobsworth. Nice knows its duties. Nice won’t assert its rights. Nice never challenges bad behaviour. Needless to say, I’m not nice. I read a shocking(!) book recently which reminded me that...
Read MoreAuthentic Happiness
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Happiness is a New York Times best seller and already destined to become a classic of ‘self-help with substance’. I’ve already blogged about Seligman (see The Sultans of Happiness). He’s a former President of the American Psychological Association, professor of psychology at the...
Read MoreMind-tricks, Magic, and the Media
Interest in my Jedi ‘university workshop’ has, I think, climaxed. I’ve mentioned that I was interviewed on ABC Radio in Oz. The latest is an interview on Danish Radio Station DR, who were pretty into it. So it was comforting to learn that I’m not the only wacko innovative, lateral-thinking teacher around. Professor Richard Wiseman has told the British Association...
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