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Practice makes perfect
“Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice”. Aristotle Is there anything more painful to hear than a prep kid playing the…
Pimp my pitch
When I was a little girl, I’d watch my mother getting ready for a night out. I was fascinated how the person who’d been toiling…
Are you ready to be a disrupter?
These are challenging times. Nothing feels simple anymore. Things that we barely gave a thought to, like working in an office or dinner with friends…
The mindset for partnership prospecting
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t- you’re right”. Henry Ford Were you watching the Olympics and Paralympics? I’ve been in awe of…
Knowing what you don’t know
My 90 year- old mother is a very traditional English woman. She remembers the spirit of the Blitz in WW2, tends her garden and loves…
The four key questions your corporate wants you to answer
Dating, job interviews and partnership meetings are all quite similar because they are conversations with lots of questions. Why so many questions? Well part of…
Penny wise and pound foolish
At my local market there is a car park with two dozen free parking spaces. The rest of the car park costs the princely sum…
Pin the tail on the donkey
During the most recent lockdown, I was playing a version of pin the tail on the donkey. This was ‘stick the horn on the unicorn’…
Making the first move
“You must be an angel, because you look like you’ve fallen from heaven” Have you been on the receiving end of a corny chat up…
Why talent is overrated
I have just read Angela Duckworth’s book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. It’s filled with evidence, case studies and stories of how and…
Hello from the other side
Them and us. It’s tempting to think of corporates as hard-nosed, profit making machines. But they’re filled with living, breathing humans that are trying their…
Measuring Up
My neighbour Andrew is a MAMIL* and loves cycling. Every Saturday afternoon he squeezes his gangly frame into a lycra suit covered with the names…