Don’t get out! Don’t talk to people! Stay in your comfort zone!

If these words are music to your ears then join the club. There’s nothing I would like better than to be able to potter around in the office, produce new products and then wait until the business comes in as if by magic! So why shouldn’t it work like that? Hey, I’ve got a great website! My products are great! I am a nice person with integrity! Not enough guys! You can have the best products in the...

A good way to beat writer’s block!

One of my favourite bloggers at the moment is James Chartrand. Here is one of his wonderful tips for when we’re suffering from blogger’s block. “Great quotations are the richest goldmine of blog post ideas you’ll ever have.” So I popped over to Wikiquote and found this great quotation by Sarah Bernhardt -  “Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself...

Forget the glass ceiling – use the fire escape instead!

When, after 8 years, I decided to emerge from the security of a monthly salary I was met with the usual, “Are you sures and are you mads” Thankfully, I didn’t listen I felt that as Marketing Director of a company like Advantage Business Angels I was being held back. My talent for thinking outside the box was not really required in a, dare I say it, formal, don’t do anything radical,...

Confessions of a Blogger.

At last my official blog website is actually finished. My intention of blogging for a living has become a reality. Ok, what next? My lovely grand daughters - all wrapped up! The first thing I need to do is to go back over the archives and delete all my earlier muses. In the early days, as is usual for blog virgins, my impression of a blog was something that no sane person would ever read or be interested in. So my...

If you build a relationship – they will come!

How often have you received an e-mail or message saying – Hello, I am Joe Blogs and I am so excited to get to know you, why not pop over to my website and.…I know you have because I have, in fact I have probably been the guilty party. In fact I do believe that I have a direct message exactly like that set up to thank people who follow me on Twitter….damn! Phew! Just got back from Twitter and changed all my...

Union gives strength! An Aesops fable.

An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest son: “Break it.” The son strained and strained, but with all his efforts was unable to break the Bundle. The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. “Untie the faggots,” said the father, “and each of you take a...

Don’t listen to the negative thinkers!

Many of us feel set in our ways. We’ve been doing things the same way for so long, it is hard to imagine we could change. But anyone can change, yes I said anyone! You can create changes in your life by doing the tiniest of actions each day, like doing 5 minutes of exercise or cutting out that second piece of toast, but the problem is that a lot of us just don’t have the discipline or the will power to do it...

12 things to be thankful for.

…for the taxes you pay because it means that you’re employed. …for the mess to clean up after a party because it means you’ve been surrounded by friends. …for the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means you have enough to eat. …for the shadow that follows you everywhere because it means you’re out in the sunshine. …for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that...

When you have moments of doubt – my message to you!

What is the message you would like to receive when you are feeling insecure and having moments of doubt? What would you like to hear to give you the confidence to keep going and to re-assure you that you are on the right track? Why not ask someone close to you to write you a message that captures the way you are. The fantastic qualities you have and the excellence that they see in you? I know you may think it is...