[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 getting to know someone is …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 of a dollar to park …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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’ – so your aim is …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“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 line? Someone sidled up to …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 why talent will only take …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 best to get through the …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 of sponsors he doesn’t have …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her platinum jubilee next year. That’s 70 years of shaking hands, cutting ribbons and making her subjects feel special. I’ve wondered how she manages to keep …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Outside my local shopping centre there was a young man begging. I’d always stop to chat to him and pat his little dog. Benjamin had a tough story of homelessness, …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I have three sections in my wardrobe. The first is full of the things that fit me well, make me feel comfortable and work in my favourite colours. I wear …