Just lately I have been talking with people about the difference between Reputation, Brand and PR and how confusions arise about them when we start to articulate our story. So lets start at the best place…the beginning. When you start out in business you often are trying to solve a problem, often your own. This more »

I AM NOT SURE About you, but for way too long I have been listening to the mantra ” forget about your weaknesses concentrate on your strengths” well I know that sounds logical but it also sounds like “80% of businesses fail in the first 3 years”……Why, where is the proof? Weakness is not something more »

ITS TRUE I have spent my life in the pursuit of Happiness and to a greater extent I have achieved it. And as I look back I thought I would share what I learned, both from an emotional and physical viewpoint. To start with I thought I should define what I thought happiness was as I more »

A BOLD STATEMENT Maybe, but often it is only a bold statement that makes us stop long enough to see below the surface to what is really going on (marketing 101) but in this case it is the truth and the addiction to constant updates on Twitter, Facebook, Linked, email, youtube etc has led us down more »

I have come into some criticism of late around how long my blog’s are. It would seem that people are busy / not interested in long posts. SO I WONDERED IF IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO DISTIL A BLOG INTO A SINGLE SENTENCE No Matter whether we are a business or an individual we all more »

This week I turned 61 And it has brought the usual rush of thoughts to the brain that every birthday brings, bugger I am another year older, where did the last year go, how many do I have left, time is flying, etc. Only this time it is different and the gift of  having a life more »

Well it was three years in the making and each stone was lovingly placed, 30 tons in all. And as I built this wall when ever I got the chance I learn’t a lot, the stones do indeed speak. I started this wall as a fit 59 year old, strong enough to lift up the more »

ALL WEEK I had been complaining to Lorraine and any one else that would listen ” I am going to be 59 this week I am nearly sixty years old, gees I am getting old”  working with young people does have its downsides. And now I was reacting to this piece of news with “are you crazy more »

Recently I was humbled to be invited to write a post on personal development for Merrin and George from Absolute Wealth  and as always I have received feedback that has not always been positive…just how I like it.   SO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, ITS A NO BRAINER….. YES? Well no actually, in fact I am not sure personal development actually more »