“My grandmother started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 today and we don’t know where the hell she is.” Ellen DeGeneres The dog woke us at 06:00 this morning, whining to go out. Very unusual behaviour as he sleeps like a teenager normally. On went the jammies and dressing gown
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Sat here this evening, just chillin’ over my dinner with the TV turned on to fill the void. After watching 10 minutes of “America’s Got Talent” I realise that America hasn’t – and prepare to switch off and read. Then – a Nivea advert educates me. “77% of women feel sexy when they know they
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Its 5 years now since I ran my last (14th) marathon – and in that time I have gradually deteriorated after years of fitness. So the successful habit of daily exercise has been replaced by the unsuccessful habit of alcohol, food and a thickening waist. The “man in black”, wearing t-shirts in the summer and
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You know what the trouble with you is? A few years ago, you were on a “quest”: opening a new business buying a business relocating a business and you were ignited, passionate, on fire. Then you succeeded. And now you are bored. So you have become distracted by BSO (bright shiny objects): shall I open
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Cool is what happens when the way you do the thing becomes the talking point, as much as the thing you do. Cool is the “experience” that you deliver, not the product, service or outcome. Cool is so overwhelming, so compelling, that it lifts our spirit and confirms that we are who we are because
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Some long-standing members of the CB tribe will recall my business manager of 10 years ago, Karen Jones. Here she is on BBC 2’s new series “Cracking Antiques” enjoying a makeover in one the rooms of her home. Nice to see her again after all the years. CLICK HERE if you have 30 minutes to
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We have visited Rick Stein’s new fish and chip shop in Falmouth twice before, both times for the traditional “fish supper” – and have loved it. They have to be possibly the most expensive fish and chips in the UK – but avid readers will know that its about “the experience” and not what’s on
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Heading North on the M5 yesterday, I was bemused by the sight of a student progressing slowly whilst driving a clapped out old banger surf board on the roof watching a small flat screen TV mounted on his dash I thought that was illegal? Anyways, it got me thinking about “what we listen to when
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If you are going to do something – do it as well as you can. Happy Friday!

It has been an absolute pleasure to enjoy a true weekend “off”. By the time I did get back to Cornwall on Friday evening, last week’s weather and travel had taken their toll and, in spite of my best intentions, there was no way I could face my home office over the last 2 days.
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