January was fantastic – I think the best personal and professional month I have had for a long time. The week’s holiday around Switzerland was breathtaking, beautiful and peaceful. The three week’s of dental workshops were really good fun – lots of lovely new clients. Driving the Discovery around Europe and Britain made me realise
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I paid my first visit to a gym last evening and noticed a lot of new and somewhat strained bodies about. Then read my new clients’ weekly reports on Monday morning and noticed a lot of “started back at the gym” language. So maybe the first of January does have an effect on people after
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Well the last weekend has seen me make what could a momentous decision for 2005 and beyond. You may recall that, a few months ago, I put out a request in the newsletter’s for a driver (in the UK) and a personal assistant to handle the domestic “niff naff and trivia” (NN&T) that bog me
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Its a strange thing – after cracking a bottle of bubbly at midnight and offering the toast “good riddance to 2004” my expectations for 2005 are high. This morning my Mum called from the UK to inform me that her only brother, Bill Mellor, had passed away at the age of 78 this morning at
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A very early start – 3.45am alarm call, 5.00am cab to the airport, 7.15am flight from Manchester to Milan – I am now at 25,000 feet above France and have just finished answering the overnight batch of emails. My eldest son Jonathan, 18, has been working North of Turin in the ski resorts and called
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