happiness Web definitions state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn   After a miserable January with my health (‘flu and ever other bug under the sun) I I have decided to really focus on my health and wellbeing this year. These last few weeks I have been getting to
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Trainers teach people how to do things. Consultants show people how to apply the training in their situation. Coaches hold people accountable. Mentors bring the wisdom of experience. Which of these are you? Whether you are a receptionist, a nurse, a manager, a hygienist/therapist, an associate, a travelling specialist, a Principal…… You will at some
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Tactical questions What are we going to do? How are we going to do it? When are we going to do it? Who is going to do it? By when will it be done?   Strategic questions What is our overall objective? How will we know when we have reached our goal? What is the
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I’m having a couple of days around The Bunker, working “on” the business and not “in” it. Amongst many other things, a chance to catch up on the blog posts that I read (I use Reeder as my Mac-based RSS feed aggregator – great little app). Catching up this morning on excellent posts written by
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Funny thing about living life in the public domain via journaling, social media and publishing. The more you tell people about yourself; the more they want to know and the more they check up on you – just to see if what you say is true or some kind of B/S to sell products/services the
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Due to popular demand, Ashley Latter is holding a High Impact Presentation Course on the 29th April 2013! This programme is for anyone who not only wants to improve their Presentation Skills, but also for people who want to improve their communication skills whether one to one, or if you are running small meetings. Outcomes
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I’m finally over it.  I am.  I most definitely am. Folks, I don’t do ill.  Many of you out there will feel the same about sickness, being ill, being under the weather and contracting any “lurgy”.  That all belongs to someone else and I’m never ill.  We also (I’m guilty of this) have little time
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No matter how hard you try, no matter how many people you interview, no matter how much training you do – this is the reality: 5% of the people you hire will attempt to destroy everything you have created – the saboteurs 15% of the people you hire will just be crap at the job
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22 January 2013 @ 7.30 GMT Presenter: Dr. Anoop Maini Short Term Ortho with the Six Month Smiles System is a conservative and minimally invasive solution for adults with crooked teeth. The webinar will focus on how this systemized approach equips GDPs (regardless of past orthodontic experience) with the knowledge and confidence to straighten teeth in
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I’m reading Seth Godin’s new book “The Icarus Deception” and loving it. In the first chapter, the following sentence leapt out of the page at me: “If your team is filled with people who work for the company, you’ll soon be defeated by tribes of people who work for the cause.” You already know how many times
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