Is it OK to work longer hours, if you’re enjoying it? Does that mean you are a work-a-holic, or that the boss has conned you in some way? I think the objective is to maximise play, obviously, and probably minimise the part that is “work but not fun” – although if you get enough achievement […]
If in doubt….
I was talking to a friend the other day and she said she had learned just one life lesson from her father, and that was “If in doubt don’t do it”. She felt that this has stood her in good stead throughout her life. But my motto is the opposite! “If in doubt, do it!” We […]
Should you turn a hobby into a business?
There is one advantage, but two disadvantages, with this plan…. The advantage: you get to do something you love all day every day, in exchange for pay. How great is that?? Disadvantage 1: it may spoil it. Too much of something, even chocolate cake, or dogs, or the saxophone, can make you sick of it. And if you have to […]
How to ask for help
I frequently get letters from people in the UK and abroad asking me if I can fix them up with a job. Unfortunately I can’t because I don’t employ anyone and I don’t run a recruitment agency, it’s just not what I do. But I do train people in influencing and how to be […]
Habits – how to keep good habits going?
Like lighting a fire, if you can just get habits started they carry on, but they can easily die before they get established. Six ideas that might help you with things you want to do regularly, like: exercise gratitude reading learning putting time aside for things you enjoy working on a side hustle keeping in […]
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