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I’m often asked how do bloggers keep blogging during the holiday season when family commitments can often find you away from home without a regular internet connection. The answer, of course, is that we are so committed to writing that we always take a laptop with us, with an internet dongle, and post from the [...]

Many people believe that if they are “spiritual” or wish to succeed in life, they should ignore unpleasant things that happen to them, in effect denying that they have happened and/or have had an effect on them. But it will  have the opposite effect, hampering personal development and growth.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is. Ernest Hemmingway

I’ve always felt uncomfortable with the concept of negative advertising. I’ve never done it and have discouraged it when discussing business building with workshop participants. For those who don’t know what it is, negative advertising is the criticising of your competition’s products/services in your own advertising. Ryan Air learned a tough lesson yesterday – they [...]

Many people are holding their personal development up by ignoring an important step – accepting repsosibility for their actions.

The Media is Different, the Message Stays the Same. Facebook, LinkedIn, ecademy, Social Media Tribes are all new. Even if you look at their ancestors, the Compuserve Groups, it’s all a phenomenon that has emerged only in the last 20 years. As ever when something new arrives and survives long enough to be more than [...]

Like many people with Socia Media sites, I use WordPress extensively. It’s simple to install, infinitely customiseable and very user friendly. However, since WordPress 2007 there has been a problem with scheduling posts – they often miss their scheduled time and sit unpublished on your admin page.

It seems obvious yet so many people don’t apply this in their own lives – you can’t win the lottery without taking the necessary action: buying a ticket. And in life, the only person who can take the action necessary is you. You can get help, of course, but if you sit on the sofa [...]

Social Networking has become the communication medium for the 21st century, social media the means for communicating. But so what?

I had a conversation recently with a young man who I know has strong spiritual values. He told me he had been advised to keep his spirituality out of his work as it would put people off. The guy is not a fanatic, “shouting from the roof tops” type; rather, he is quiet, devoted to [...]