Dads and birthdays…

It’s Dad’s birthday this week and it’s causing a bit of an issue. My dad is difficult to buy a present for. He doesn’t want socks, cigars or a pipe and slippers. He doesn’t want any books, as he’s still ploughing his way through those he got for Christmas. DVD’s he has plenty to watch [...]

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What a Weekend!

I don’t know what it was about the weekend just past, but it was a full and eventful one. A while ago it became clear that this was going to be a very social weekend – with many people in town for a couple of days. Squeezing everyone in wasn’t possible, so I didn’t get [...]

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3bts – unplanned lunch, relief, gifts

1. Going out to lunch unexpectedly – it’s good to get away from my desk at lunch time.
2. The relief that I feel as Body Attack ends! I enjoyed the class, but it was nice to have finished.
3. Choosing a wedding gift online for a friends wedding – wondering what I would have added to [...]

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Challenge

So, for the long weekend my boss asked me to think about new and exciting ways to do more lead generation for our company. It’s Easter Monday today and so far, I’ve not given work a single thought, until now. When I think about the conversation I had with him, I’m left feeling more than [...]

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Queen, Jamie Moses and Spike Edney

Last year I had the good fortune to see both Queen (well, Brian May, and Roger Taylor) and the World Famous Red Sox in concert albeit seperately. (OK, so Queen played as part of a special tribute to Freddie Mercury at what would have been his 60th birthday – at the We Will Rock You [...]

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Snow is falling…

…all over the UK, but it’s not “heavy snow in the South East” as was promised by a certain weather person on “Breakfast” for the past few days. My parents have lots of snow, relatives in Yorkshire have had a decent amount of snow and we’re just not getting what was promised. Oh well.
The [...]

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Giving in to cravings

Right or wrong?
For several days now, i’ve had a thing about carrot cake – no, not those little slices from WW… What I’m after is a big slice of gooey, sweet, sticky, yummyness. I’ve debated about this for days – as in “do I, don’t I” – because I know it won’t go away. so, [...]

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Short temper…

I think I have a short temper today.
Ready to fly off the handle at the slightest thing.
Just one of those days??? Who knows?
When someone insults you and your work, but then says “it’s not a criticism of you or your colleague” – do they really believe that the insult has been glossed over?
I think not.

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3bts – timing, quick, compliment

1. Beating the time Tom Tom gave for getting home from London on a Friday night. I knocked an hour off the time given…by going a different way.
2. Catching someone’s quick wit mid-sentence and watching my boss’ realisation that it’s ok to laugh.
3. Getting a compliment from someone I haven’t seen for a [...]

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RANT! Marketing…

IS NOT…
lead generation alone
fun if your company doesn’t invest in it
the colouring in club (yes, that’s in there to make a couple of friends laugh)
trivial or fluffy
successful if you only have one discipline in your mix

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