There is so much advice out there - the internet is brilliant but there is so much information and advice that without some very vigilant self monitoring most of us could experience total overwhelm.
I doubt there is anyone out there who has not had their fingers burnt by individuals and companies that promise much but deliver very little.
I was speaking at an event last week and at the end of the talk we had a question and answer session. One of the questions was about networking; I had spoken about the huge benefits on so many levels of networking.
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One of the questions was “where do I start on the internet? There is so much social media out there, I know I should be doing it but don’t know where to start”. It sounds like a usual question perhaps but it was posed only about social media which had not really been featured; was the idea of networking online was at once an easy option and simultaneously anxiety provoking? read more…
We all like to feel we are honest in our dealings with others and are often outraged when others behave in anything less
than worthy manner. But I wonder how honest we actually are?
I sat and watched Cat on a hot tin roof with my daughter the other day, if you are unfamiliar with the film it revolves around a day in the life of one family and what they refer to as mendacity. The film was made in the fifties so this is rather an old fashioned term but basically translated into modern language as dishonesty or lies. read more…
Change seems all around us. Obvious of course but sometimes the speed is alarming. You can swing from just going along in your routine and then be into an almost recognisable life.
When the changes are unwelcome how can we manage them? Look to a higher meaning and wonder what life is trying to teach us and look for the benefits of the situation? Easier to do in hindsight I think. read more…
