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- Positive choices

The opening ceremony of the World Cup - and in particular its aftermath - got me thinking about how we choose to see the world.  

- Belonging

I attended my mother’s 85^th birthday on the weekend.  In my family there are 4 groups: the sibs (4 boys, 2 girls), the outlaws (our partners), the cuzzies (our children), and the family (our cousins).  Family gatherings have always been an occasion for far too much eating and drinking, lots of singing, good-natured arguments, wildly embellished stories and raucous laughter.  Lunch started at 12.30 and finished at about 8pm – pretty standard for us.
 

- The dip

Following any major change there is always a lag...

- The forgotten art of marketing

We're in a strange kind of slackwater, a post-boom, post-doom economy.  All that's clear is that it could be like this for a while.  What to do?  As ever, we have to think differently, especially about our marketing...

- Nothing wrong to everything right

The gap is sometimes measured in millimetres, not miles. Read more...

- The First Step of the Last Mile

Achieving extraordinary results cannot be done with ordinary effort.  We have to be at our absolute best, but how do we get there? 

- Managing your recovery!

It's been a while since I wrote anything, put it down to the sudden and dramatic recovery.  October saw our largest intake for the year, and 2009 has been our best year for retention, so the year is going to shape up pretty well by the end.

- R-E-S-P-E-C-T

I have a business associate who has been very successful in business. What often strikes me is how seriously he takes himself, and I don't mean that in a negative way. He just has himself fairly squarely at the centre of things. The other day we were discussing our children's ages, and I mentioned my eldest's upcoming 21st. He surprised me by saying .....

- The Rut

The biggest trap we can fall into is success. I know that sounds odd, but what tends to happen is .....

- Measures that matter

There are things that are more important than profit these days.  Find out what they are...