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Crush It – Gary Vaynerchuk

I am a late arrival to Gary Vaynerchuk’s party. Crush It was published, amidst much praise and publicity, back in 2009. I’m not sure why I didn’t get a copy then. I’m British, female and of ‘mature years’ and I confess to struggling a little with Gary’s puppy like enthusiasm and at some level decided [...]

Life Lessons Learned from a Dear Friend

Our family lost a very dear friend recently. A much loved member of our small family who is missed – I can’t begin to describe the pain of his passing. Reflecting on his life I couldn’t help but remember how wise he was and how much he taught us. I wanted to share some of [...]

WPMU – Turns WordPress into a Multi-Functional Website

This is the first of a series of posts about the tools and services I use as a writer and a consultant. It’s hard to spend any time in the world of the Internet without hearing mention of WordPress. This incredibly clever software has made it possible for the least technical to have a web [...]

Accidental Genius by Mark Levy

The cynic in me makes an author earn permission to ‘talk’ to me. I read lots and lots of books but only a few actually speak to me. Only a few authors get past the gatekeeper of my internal censor. When an author offers me a solution to a problem that has challenged me intermittently [...]

Time Management v Self Management

I could make a career out of planning and time management. Really. Sad, but true. You can weep with me as I confess to time and money spent with DayTimer, Franklin Covey, Getting Things Done, Achieve, Basecamp, Outlook, Google tasks and calendars, Zen to Done and Todoodlist. (And, that’s just a few of the time [...]

Being Selfish – Is It The Best Way To Help Others?

There is something unpleasant about the word ‘selfish‘. For such a small word it punches well above its weight when it comes to inducing negative feelings – particularly guilt. And, yet, there are times when being selfish is the best way to help others. You have to put on your own life jacket before you [...]

Marketing the Third Tribe Way

There’s more to Third Tribe Marketing than Marketing! For those of you who already work from home, alone for large parts of the day, you’ll perhaps understand when I say I miss the workplace for the camaraderie. No water cooler to drop by and no coffee machine around which to congregate. I have been a [...]

Writing Practice – Morning Pages – 750 Words

Writing practice with morning pages was the bane of my life. I confess this with a heavy heart. As a writer I have read just about everything published on the art of writing and writing practice, including the many works by Julia Cameron. I have even reviewed The Artist’s Way here. Ms Cameron tells her [...]

Linchpin by Seth Godin

There has been a lot of interest in the blogosphere about this book – Linchpin – and I want to add my tuppence worth. I confess to being in awe of Seth Godin. I follow his blog, read his books and wish I had his amazing mind and eloquent writing skills. In some ways I [...]

Lost and Found by Ron Rink

I’d like to talk to you about a book that isn’t yet a book in that you can’t pop across to Amazon and get yourself a copy. Not yet. Lost and Found, written by Ron Rink, is a memoir wrapped up in a novel. The story of Ron’s life is grippingly and heartbreakingly true although [...]

Being Out of Integrity

It’s been an interesting couple of years – you know, interesting, as in the Chinese Curse. Mopping up after the death of a business colleague, recovering from ill health, facing the fact that my husband is always going to be a serial philanderer, losing a number of dear relatives (most recently my father-in-law)…I won’t go [...]

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