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Researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts have come […]

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This is the first time I have written about Yaro Starak, although he is probably someone whose work I have read more than anyone since I started this blog. Yaro writes about blogging - so whilst of interest to me, I have assumed he won’t be of interest to anyone visiting this site. […]

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This is a quick, extra, post mainly prompted by my making a total hash of trying to get a video clip on yesterdays post. It doesn’t appear to work in Internet Explorer (get Firefox - it’s better anyway!!) and I now realize those getting the RSS feed didn’t get anything, so the post may […]

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Stephen Fry is always entertaining (to me anyway!) and usually gives interesting reflections on life:-

Sorry if the video doesn’t show (which seems to be a problem in Internet Explorer!). You can see it on You Tube My recent posts have highlighted the less than perfect starts of people who went on to great success in […]

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Last week I received an email announcing the relaunch of Success magazine. As the email was unsolicited - and technically spam - it didn’t seem a particularly auspicious way to relaunch a magazine! But it did lead me to dig out my old copy of Success, which I purchased in Chicago on my […]

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“Life’s a bit like mountaineering - never look down.” So said Sir Edmund Hillary, who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. He was the first to reach […]

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