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I don’t know how many times in my working career I worked for people who couldn’t organise a tea party.

Some had no interpersonal skills, were reactive instead of proactive and managed by crisis rather than by managing. I often wondered who had put them in their current position.

If you want to be a manager, for heaven’s sake learn something about management. We aren’t born with management skills. Obviously, some people have an aptitude for it the same way people have an aptitude for mu… Continue

Have you ever sent an email to the wrong addressee? Or a letter? A parcel? No, well neither have I.
Of late I've been taking a note of the legal disclaimer mumbo-jumbo that appears at the foot of an increasing number of emails. Like this one:

"The information contained… Continue

Have you ever been half an hour into producing an audio file and the phone rang, your baby cried or an ambulance drove past with its siren blaring?

If so, you'll know how very frustrating it can be trying to keep out background noises while you are recording. I know, I know, anyone doing it properly will use sound proof rooms and the best possible equipment. But not everyone can afford these luxuries. So it can be a challenge trying to produce a recording session at home.

This is why so… Continue

Every week I receive email purportedly from major movers and shakers in industry and commerce. They come from a range of legal firms, banks, government agencies, and Fortune 500 firms that ALL have a free email account to which I am required to respond. Guess what I do with these emails?
Yes, you guessed it ... I delete them without a second glance. Quite clearly they are spam emails endeavouring to screw some of my hard-earned millions out of me.

Now, it's not only the free email addres… Continue

Which approach do you prefer:

1. You receive an email, blog comment or other message that says, "Come join me at ZNC Wealth for All as it's the best MLM program in the universe. Visit my site now and sign up!", or

2. An article that compares several approaches to MLM and explains why the new, innovative approach of Wealth for All is far superior; how you could become a member and benefit in the ways described?

I know what I prefer; a persuasive argument based on sound evidence and logicall… Continue