Try this simple writing exercise if the same thoughts are circling your head in a never ending loop and you're struggling to find a way out of it. Grab a pen and notebook or your laptop, tablet - whatever you feel comfortable using. I love writing by hand, something...
Call me old fashioned but one of my favourite parts of writing an email newsletter is the opening. I mean the greeting. The words and sentences you use you to say, 'Hello, how are you?' and welcome the reader into your space. I figure we're inviting ourselves...
If we were to sit down and have a chat about writing, about sending out content, messages, communication (whatever the media) for people to read, follow, understand, engage with then these are the kinds of things we’d end up talking about. The list isn’t exhaustive,...
It takes more than a few WhatsApps and comments on a social media post to build friendships and meaningful connections in your personal life. The relationships you build in your work life are no different. They too need opportunities to go deep and delve into the...
I’m here for all you empaths out there. The people who think (sometimes too much) and believe there’s a way of doing business that is centred, unashamedly on other people and building solid, long-lasting relationships. Being on social media for the community....
Flattery will get you everywhere isn't a phrase you associate with a train journey, but bear with me. It came to me as I sat on the 10.15am from Leeds to Kings Cross the other Monday morning. I was listening to the train manager read her script over and over again as...
I am a fully paid up member of the Squiggly Career club. I hadn’t realised that until I watched a webinar this morning with Helen Tupper of The Squiggly Career & Amazing If fame (www.amazingif.com). In just one-hour, she made sense of a work / life situation I...
There I was, stood in the queue, waiting to go into Curry’s PC World trying not to listen too closely at an animated conversation two colleagues were having. All very good natured and suddenly one of them said “Now I understand! You only told me half the story.” I’m...
