Mind Tricks and Mind Games

Posted by on Aug 21, 2009 in assertiveness, news and events, personal development | 0 comments

Apart from their use as a double-handed thing hitter, a lightsaber and a cricket bat don’t seem to have too much in common. But that’s where you’re wrong.  For the skillful wielding of both, it is mind rather than muscle that wins the day.  You will learn all about this at our Jedi Knight Training Event in October, where experts will instruct you on the proper use of the...

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May the (Police) Force be With You!

Posted by on Apr 22, 2009 in news and events | 0 comments

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video More Jedi news - eight police officers serving with Scotland’s largest force listed their official religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms.  All this after some guy taught the UK’s first Jedi course at Queen’s University, Belfast. Why do these people do it?  Is there any reason to take Star Wars so...

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Star Wars Goes To Work

Posted by on Jan 12, 2009 in assertiveness, body language, emotional intelligence, news and events | 0 comments

On December 9th (Belfast) and 10th (Dublin) I spoke at the Christmas Event of the Institute of Internal Auditors (Irish District Society).  It was an exciting and challenging experience, since I’ve never done anything quite like it before.  But the feedback from both events was excellent, with participants sending me emails of appreciation and request for more information. Like the...

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Jedi Knights – Myth and Reality

Posted by on Nov 26, 2008 in news and events | 0 comments

Once the publicity for the Jedi workshop started to skyrocket (or is it skywalk?) I got asked a particular question over and over again.  Even if it wasn’t asked explicity, I could see it in people’s smirking eyes, and feel it in draft left by their open mouths. “You don’t think all this Jedi stuff is really real, do you?” It’s not as silly a question as it...

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