The Most Important Word in Business

The Most Important Word in Business I once posted an article on a personal development forum entitled ‘The most Important Word in Business’. I’ll be honest, it’s a long time ago now and I’ve actually forgotten the exact word I proposed. Not too impressive you might think? What I do remember though was the best [...]

The Importance of Education

The Importance of Education “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” – H. G. Wells (1866 – 1946) I first came across the above quotation about ten years ago when I read a book on prophets, the quote has stuck with me over the years but I must admit I [...]

How to Get Promoted

How to Get Promoted When pitching to a group of people it is crucial that we ascertain as early as possible who the decision maker(s) is. A good way of doing this is to ask the group a key question and look who they all turn to for the answer. It’s very similar when we [...]

Best Use of Time

Time is precious, we all know that. We all get the same amount of time each day, time is perhaps one of the few even playing fields in life. Thus how we utilise it is vital to our success and happiness. We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. – John F. [...]

Are You Stopping Money From Coming to You?

No matter what we think about money it is vital to everone’s existence. Money often gets a bad press but placed in the right hands it can do amazing things. Money is meant to be fluid, to flow from one person to another, it is not meant to be horded. “Money can’t buy you happiness [...]

Do You Like Clothes Shopping?

Clothes shopping is definitely a passtime that divides the sexes. Most women love it and most men hate it. Personally, I can just about tolerate it, I like OWNING new clothes but going shopping for them is a different matter. I always try-on new clothes before buying them because they can look totally different on [...]

Is Competition Good for us?

Wether we like it or not competition is all around us. It’s in the classroom, the play ground, the work place, it’s on the sports field, it’s on the high street. We are never going to get away from it so how we deal with it is obviously critical to our own personal success. Just [...]