Sometimes, the only way to respond to adversity is to laugh. Yesterday morning I woke at 5.15am and drove 110 miles to attend a monthly management meeting with my support team. We normally start the meetings at 10.00am to allow for civilised travel but I was asked to attend early so that team members could
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Dinner with a client last night in Farnham and, for a change, we decided to walk past Pizza Express and through the door of their sister company, Zizzis – their brand new restaurant opened in the town just a few days ago. You have heard me say before that, when traveling, I mostly eat with
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Its not often I get a dose of this – I love the work I do and the people I work with – so why have I been attacked by the blues this morning? Ezine was written before 7.45am, podcast recorded before 8.15am and I’m now looking at 49 emails that arrived over the weekend
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Its quite funny really – my alarm call was at 4.15am this morning, so that I could travel to Edinburgh and deliver a presentation to a group of Scottish dentists that will include references to time management and the cliche of “work/life balance”. Life as a road warrior can be taxing and my plan for
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My local geek shop managed to reactivate the sick laptop yesterday afternoon and, hearing this, I rushed across the road under a steady rain storm and was whisked behind the scenes into the “room at the back” where a variety of PC’s and laptops lay with their insides hanging out – all rather like a
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Monday morning I make a 7 hour train journey to get to where I want to work this week. Normally I would drive 6 hours but I decide to reward myself with a train ride so that I can catch up on emails, ezine and have a chance to think. The financial argument is that
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That was the question from a coach who attended my workshop last Friday.”Chris. Forget the marketing funnel, the pie slices and the back-office team – I need to make money NOW – so what do I do?” Now, of course, there is an element of bed-wetting going on here – the answer may provide a
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I took my Land Rover Discovery into a dealership in Leeds, Yorkshire a few months ago to have a headlamp light bulb replaced. Never been there before or since. Yesterday they left a message on my voice mail asking if the existing vehicle was OK and enquiring as to whether I would like to upgrade
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My “listening” goes on. Yesterday I endured a 5 hour drive to position myself for this week’s workshop tour and decided to use the time to chat with my business family on the telephone (hands-free I hasten to add). I’m turning over a new leaf at the moment and recognising that trying to be a
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After losing a night’s sleep on Monday, I approached “bed time” with some trepidation, knowing that I would fall asleep within minutes as I usually do but wondering whether there would be another early morning vigil. In the event I did wake at about 3.45am but decided I was going to try really hard not
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