I am writing this at the start of the second week in 2010. Over the past week the press, blogs and online chats have been full of resolutions and advice on how to lose weight/stop smoking/ change jobs…the usual stuff.
Also in the last week in the UK we have been hit by the worst winter [...]
According to the Skills Council in England recent research published this week 74% of the people asked said they were planning to change their career but 25% of those said they won’t because they are unsure about what they really want. This prompted the Careers Advice service to introduce travelling advice centres and the first [...]
I meet lots of people in all walks of life but there are often some common themes.
When teaching speaking skills in particular where I used to expect the least confident participants to be quiet and to try to disappear so as not to be called to speak what often happens is someone who feels very uncertain about [...]
I intended to write my own post on this topic then found ( courtesy of a link from my friend Steve Roesler) this excellent post by Pam Slim. There is nothing for me to add. Do yourself a huge favour and take time to read it – especially Pam’s list of good hard and bad [...]
I meet a lot of people who are passionate about something.
I meet a lot of people who are passionate about something and do something about it.
I also meet a lot of people who are passionate about something and don’t.
The guy who climbed up a flagpole to demonstrate in Beiijing is passionate about his cause. Nobody will [...]
