There are some projects (almost always associated with working ON as opposed to working IN your business and your life) that simply cannot get done in between your daily tasks. One of the lessons I was taught many years ago was to realise that it’s perfectly OK to book an appointment with yourself in the
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It took a significant accumulation of social drinking in the months (yes, months) up to Christmas and New Year to convince me that Dry January was a good idea. It took a health-conscious wife to persuade me to recommence Paleo nutrition on 14th January, after over a year of lapsing back into far too much
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This podcast was so good that we decided to make it a two-parter. Nigel Risner is a world renowned international speaker who conducts over 100 presentations a year, all over the world. He is the author of five business books. His most popular book The Impact Code is all about creating the life that you
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Somewhat of a shock to the system this morning as my alarm call is 04:20 so that I can catch an early train down to London. Today I’m meeting with my business coach Rachel Turner (RT) and joined by Rachel Barrow for the full day and Phillippa Goodwin on video-link at various points in the
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It’s all too easy to get back from an extended break like Christmas and New Year and to conveniently forget some of the good habits that you were building at the latter end of 2018 but which require extra effort. So here’s a very quick sense check that I recommend you share with your teams,
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Chris Brindley MBE started his career in banking and eventually became the Managing Director of the North of England for Natwest Bank. After a long and illustrious career with the bank he went on to work with British Gas and subsequently became Managing Director of Metro Bank. He has won many customer service and leadership
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And if you would like a no-obligation conversation over the Christmas and New Year break or early in January – just email coachbarrow@me.com You can decide NOW to make 2019 a year of growth and development.
Anoop Maini came to the UK with his parents in the early 1970s. His father – who worked for Sainsbury’s – worked every hour he could so that he could give Anoop a private education. Anoop soon discovered the importance of education, and after work experience in a Dental practice decided that dentistry was his
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Friday morning and my second of three consecutive 04:00 alarm calls – ouch. Sometimes the calendar happens like that and today’s early start occurs because around 6 weeks ago my lovely wife broke her finger and I had to cancel a trip to Sligo at short notice to be husband and pet-owner in attendance whilst
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The photograph you are looking at is the 1944 desk diary used by ElizabethNorman to record her daily “to do” lists. Elizabeth worked in the “Future Operations Planning” department of Churchill’s War Rooms from 1942 to 1944. The entry we are looking at is from “D-Day” – 6th June 1944 – the Allies were invading
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