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The ABC of Success
What would you say if told you that I knew the secret formula to success?  That if you used this winning formula you could achieve what ever your heart desired.  Whether it be to have a better job, more money, greater happiness?  If only it was that easy eh?
Well I don’t claim […]

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“The most effective leaders are those who first learn to lead themselves.” Jim Kouzes, The Leadership Challenge, 2003
BEGIN IT NOW!!!
Until one is commited,
there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness
 
Concerning all acts of initiative
there is one elementary truth,
the ignorance of which kills
countless ideas and endless plans:
That the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then providence moves too.
 
All […]

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Do you hold the deep-seated belief that it takes a certain type of person to be truly creative?  Perhaps you think you have to be particularly talented, artistic or highly intelligent to be creative?
Many of us have been socialised and educated into believing that creativity is a special quality, which you simply either have or haven’t.  In modern times creativity […]

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Banksy’s real name is actually Robin Gunningham.  He uses a pseudonym in an attempt to maintain his anonymity.  Regardless, he has managed to achieve near mythical status.   However, in the same vein Banksy has become fairly mainstream and commercial, due to his ever increasing popularity.
To some he is nothing more than an offensive, criminal low life vandal who flaunts the British […]

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Let’s start by making it clear, we should try not to be influenced by conventions when it comes to being creativity.  Often the more creative we wish to be, the less rules we restrict ourselves to, the better.  People who live the most creative life’s, are most often the people who are willing to bend the rules and change them to suit their new […]

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This article was written with sales people in mind, however the exercises and activities can apply to anyone who is thinking of changing career but doesn’t know where to start!
 
For some people sales is a fantastic career. People in sales will tell you about the highs of the job, they will talk about the excitement […]

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are way powerful, beyond measure.
It’s our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves:  Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of the universe.
Your playing small doesn’t […]

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I am now writing for the highly aclaimed www.careershifters.org website, which has been featured in The Independent, The Times and The Guardian.  Careershifters is a great website which helps and supports people who want to change career direction.  They offer expert advice and  guidance to people who are not happy in their current job and want to make the big […]

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” To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. “  Anatole France
What does success look/feel and sound like to you?”  Take a moment to ask yourself this question, don’t think too deeply, just write the first thoughts down that enter your head.
I think you can learn a great deal from this one […]

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Here are some failures…………………

Henry Ford went bust twice before his business success
Coca Cola sold only 400 bottles in their first year of business
Luciano Pavarotti was told he would never be a success as a singer
Charlotte Bronte’s first novel was rejected by several authors before it was accepted
H.J. Heinz went bankcrupt but learnt from the experience and […]

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