Tag: learning
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Three ways to help people help you
I recently completed the Bury 10k run as a ‘visually impaired guide’ for Paul, a partially sighted chap in his early 50s. Now Paul can see, but only in a hazy fuzzy way out to about 3 metres, further out than that things are not distinguishable at all. Running with Paul was a bit of…
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Do you catch \’them\’ doing it well?
This blog was inspired by a couple of events, brought together after listening to the Radio 2 Thought for the Day slot last Friday – this was centred on ‘catch people doing it well’. The presenter asked the question – how often do we ask people “what is right with you?” rather than the usual…
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Do you suffer from goal Idiocy?
I am reading an interesting book at the moment called ‘The Antidote’ by Oliver Burkeman, boldly labelled ‘happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking’ or ‘a bracing detox for the self-help junkie’! I have to confess that it is a challenging read in places, because it offers an alternative perspective on some of the…
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Thank you for being caught speeding!
Earlier in the week I was lucky enough to attend a speed awareness course having being flashed by a speed camera at ‘very early o’clock’ on my way to Piccadilly station a few weeks ago! 35mph in a 30 going through a green light, most people would potentially consider that bad luck, but I say…
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5 Steps to Improve Your Productivity
My eldest daughter Alice is enjoying the start of that wonderful run of years in education that seems to have exams at every turn, GCSEs this summer coming. She came into my office the other evening in a bit of a flap. “Daddy I seem to have so much to do, I have so many…
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How to Unicycle your way to success in business and life!
[twitter name=\”name\”] [retweet] Picture the scene, it is a blustery day on the streets of Horwich (near Bolton for the uninitiated), the crowds are lining the streets in there……well……. 10’s and the 3rd National Unicycle Race is about to get under way! At the start are an eclectic crew with ages ranging from 14 to…