Wear it well …
Lord Chesterfield
Month: July 2017
Learning from everyone …
Jenk Oz is the CEO of iCoolKid, a lifestyle website for children aged between eight and 15. Pretty incredible in itself. And his genius isn’t limited to his website. He’s happy to share his experience and offer business advice for other budding entrepreneurs. His main suggestion is to form an “ideas board of directors” …… Read More Learning from everyone …
No sooner …
A little self-indulgence, if I may on my own website, on a special day for two special people who I love … “No sooner met but they looked, no sooner looked but they loved, no sooner loved but they sighed, no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason, no sooner knew the reason… Read More No sooner …
Stayin’ alive . . .
I’m having a bit of a thing with Barry Gibb. It started a few weeks ago when I spent the afternoon on my sofa watching him take the Sunday afternoon crowd at Glastonbury by storm with a back catalogue that many will never be able to rival. And then I had a bit of a… Read More Stayin’ alive . . .
Fall in love …
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” Who else? The delightful Mr Oscar Wilde.
Andrew Froggatt suggests that horses can teach us about managing people at work. I was a little sceptical. But actually, this is a very good film: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-39207318/what-horses-can-teach-us-about-managing-people-at-work. If you like horses, watch it. If you want to reflect on your leadership skills, watch it. At only two and a half minutes long, it’s worth a… Read More
Hedonism at its best …
Sometimes when I’m driving home and “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue” comes on the radio, I drive a little slower just to ensure I don’t get home and have to get out of the car before it finishes. It’s a guilty pleasure I can’t resist. And who ever could, having heard Mr Barry Cryer… Read More Hedonism at its best …
You’ve been warned …
“It’s important to have an opinion about everything And tell everyone everything you think about everything Think about it Now tell me what you think about it So I can tell you what I think about what you think about it And you can tell me what you think about what I think About what… Read More You’ve been warned …
Where do you stand?
On a day recently when headlines on just one well known news app were debating “is this finally the end for the tie?” and “modest dressing, why the cover up?” I was left to ponder a question a wise person close to me posed to me: “Dress to impress, or dress to express?” (DW)
Onwards and upwards . . .
Bishop John James (R4, 12 July 2017) pondered recently on what might happen if essentials in our lives went pear-shaped at the same time – computer crashes, energy failures, supermarket shortages. He mooted the idea that, in the future, having a strip of land, a garden, an allotment, might be our key to survival –… Read More Onwards and upwards . . .
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