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“Oh so you’re freelancing…”
When I first decided that I would go into business for myself I started off handling print projects for clients. It was a natural progression as my last job was with a print company – and I knew print well. Then I expanded and started providing solutions for marketing and advertising. I also provided in…
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Take Five everyday
We are all artists. Everyday we take our new canvas and together with our hands, head and heart …create. We have all be born to create a particular work of art. This we refer to as living an authentic life. Yet in order to zero in, and to be clear on the direction we need…
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What’s your “signature dish”?
When I was attending Bishop Anstey High School back in the seventies đ there was an ice cream shop about two blocks away called Carvalhoes Ice Cream Shoppe. Of course you could get the one or two scoop ice cream option but I would save any money I got in order to buy one of…
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Why you need to avoid the real world
Today, anyone can be in business. Tools and technology make what was impossible in years gone by, possible and cost effective. One person can now do the job of three, with a virtual office, operating any where in the world working between ten and forty hours per week. You no longer have to deplete your…
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Just when you thought you knew everything about setting goals…
Whenever the topic of goal setting comes around, you can see eyes rolling and imagine that folks are saying in their heads “Oh no! Not goals AGAIN!” By now we’ve all been deep fried and battered in S.M.A.R.T goal setting. But then just when you think you know it all – in comes Pj McClure…
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Charge of the Light Brigade
I was having an early o’clock meeting this morning, and for some reason this poem came to mind. My eldest brother Derek had to learn this by heart in school, and so he would come home and recite out loud each verse. Of course I also memorized it in the process đ This poem was…
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A fishy lesson in growth
The growth of tropical fish is limited to the size of the aquarium Just like these fish, so are we affected by our environment. Are your current circumstances helping you grow? Do you find you are struggling to reach your potential? If your current circumstances don’t support you then you need to create an environment…
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The magic ingredient for creating success
Give yourself the touch of gold! I have these instructions printed out and pasted on the front of a book by Chet Holmes called “The Ultimate Sales Machine.” (Brilliant book – if you don’t have a copy – get it, and thank me later) – “The great ones in life are not those who are…
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Be still and listen to yourself
The one person we all know well in the Bible is Job. Job represents for many lifeâs hardships and all that is bad that could possibly happen to a human being in this lifetime. Of course Jobâs story is one of hope where in spite of all his losses and afflictions, he comes out of…

