Tag Archives: London

APPs that make you hAPPy !

By , Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 10:22 am Be the first to comment

What do you read when you want to relax? For athletic-minded individuals, it’s the sports pages. For masochists, it’s the business pages. For the truly twisted, it’s this column. For me, it’s Dale Carnegie Training®’s electrifying publications, courses and seminars. Read more »

iPhoney

By , Friday, 10 September 2010, 5:44 pm Be the first to comment

What do you read when you want to relax? For athletic-minded individuals like you and I, it’s the sports pages. For masochists, it’s the business pages. For the truly twisted, it’s my blog. For me, it’s Self-Improvement Publications.

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No means NO except when it means Yes !

By , Friday, 25 June 2010, 3:00 pm 1 Comment

If there’s one aspect of business life in which you really don’t need any advice, it’s your ability to accept rejection. Heaven knows, you’ve had plenty of practice.Apparently, not everyone has achieved your skill level in taking punches to the mid-career. That’s why Yahoo! ® HotJobs® writer, Charles Purdy, penned his recent article, “After the recruiter says no. How to handle rejections.”

“You had high hopes for this job,” Purdy writes. “The job requirements matched your skill set perfectly. You aced your interviews. And you imagined hearing those sweet words from a Alan Sugar wannabe: ‘You’re hired.’ Instead, you got another rejection letter.”

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“…and that’s how I met David Beckham!”

By , Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:14 pm 5 Comments

Everyday ( since Monday) I get thousands upon millions of electronic mails asking me “ how I got to meet David Beckham?”.

 

The truth of the matter – however unnatural and fundamentally opposed to everything you’ve ever learned about the fame and celebs and all my hard work– is that it’s a mixture of luck and preparation meets opportunity.

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In light of the Danielle Lloyd scenario

By , Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 5:51 pm 3 Comments

In light of the Danielle Lloyd situation, it became clear to me that perhaps we need a blog on , ” How to treat Celebrities”

Nine out of ten British adults knew the names of the Beckhams’ three children, but less than half that knew John Major was Prime Minister during the first Gulf War.

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Tough time to look for a position in Events( a light look at it all)

By , Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 9:12 pm 3 Comments

 


It’s tough enough getting a job interview in this nasty economy but if your lucky enough to get an interview with an events company like my recently recruited assistant, Orphan Annie, you don’t want to ruin your chances by asking the wrong questions, right? I say, wrong.

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