Taking a break

To those who are asking. Just taking a blogging break for a while.
Just to remind myself that there is more to life than this.
See you after the jump.

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Thoughts on Enterprise

I got to thinking this week about this whole emphasis on enterprise.
The usual line is that in the UK we are not as prone to enterprise as they are in the USA. The funny thing is people troll this line out and never back it up with any solid evidence, either by demographic or type [...]

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Oooh! A Bonsai Tree

On Thursday I was a judge at the annual NFTE business plan competition.
Held in the very impressive Merill Lynch offices in the city. The standard of the business plans put forward by students and the knowledge of how to run a business was quite impressive. The final winners Henoo! a henna tatooing company from [...]

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On Parenting

My eldest came to me yesterday with the following DVD in her hand. The film was Big Daddy and was a certificate 12.
She asked me if she could watch it and pointed to the picture on the front.
So I asked her why she thought a movie was rated 12.
She turned the DVD around and read [...]

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If

‘if’ by rudyard kipling (Classic!!!)
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t [...]

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Someone’s Mum!!

I havent posted a video that has made me smile in a while. So here goes.

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48 Days

One of my favourite career sites on the web is 48 Days.Founded and run by Dan Miller it is a mixture of books, podcast and advice for people who are wishing to take their career or business to the next level.
Other career coaches find it strange how I would recommend another coach, but heck it’s [...]

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idea volcano

I run two businesses. One focusing on personal development and the other focused on music. They take up most of my time outside of family. However I am creative and am forever having business ideas that given the right time, staff, money and energy could kick off in a big way. My wife and I [...]

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Education Roundup

Sports days are an interesting one especially for parents like me willing their children on. It is a source of great restraint not to scream “Come on love” but anyway here is Lauren winning (With her hat on) the sack race. Who said it’s not about winning?
Some stories on Education that have caught my eyes [...]

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Investing in Africa

Jen Brea a formidable writer and thinker who I met at the TED Global Conference, wrote an article “For God’s Sake please stop“, about the need to define a new narrative about developing Africa. The article was published in the American and that kicked off one hell of a conversation.
Following this conversation she kicked off [...]

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