Goal setting should be like using a GPS (global positioning system) - you type in a destination, at every junction (or whenever there is uncertainty) you are told which way to go. If only!
As I said in Why haven’t you set goals?, just deciding on a destination is difficult enough. Most of us “drive” our […]

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In my post Do you have a dream? I admitted that whilst believing goals are necessary for most of my adult life, I’ve been pretty poor at setting and using them. In one of my favourite books, A Touch of Greatness, Frank Tibolt describes goal setting as “the greatest of all success techniques“, but used […]

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I came across an excellent post on communication, Stop Talking and Start Communicating - which is also a great title. It’s main point is that many people talk “at you, over you and around you - in your general direction” rather than with you.
Some of my posts on communication have been slightly apologetic […]

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Today I said I’d post the answers to the quiz I set within the Seven Strange Things post. Congratulations to Amy for getting the answers nearly all correct - as I explain below I don’t think you can find an answer to question (i) on the Internet. Here are the questions again:-
i) How many […]

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In a funny sort of way, this blog is an example of gaining confidence in something simply by doing. And now, I’ve hit 100 posts. My early posts were considerably shorter than what I write now. I can comfortably quote my second post within this one:-
How do you define self confidence? Dictionary.com says […]

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This is my 99th post. The first to include a competition! To date I have sprinkled the odd bit of personal information, trying to avoid being too self indulgent or bore you with irrelevant facts.
Recently I was “tagged” by Joe in his Bunker Blog to come up with 7 Strange but True Things […]

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