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Life’s a game
How do you deal with mundane tasks? Do you avoid them or do you just get on and complete them? Or, like many people, do you put them off until the last-minute? What about if the task became part of a...
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Thinglink linkback
I mentioned ThingLink before back in November last year. It is an application that allows you to make images interactive and then share them via social media. There are a number of ways that this can...
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Songs to hear before you die
I often see lists with titles like ’50 places to visit before you die’ and ’20 pasta dishes to try before you’re 50′. Then I saw ’1000 songs everyone must hear’ in the Guardian and I was surprised by...
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Behind the mask
Some people can be very self-conscious when speaking and even more so when it is in a second language. Although eventually this can be overcome, there are those that advocate the use of an avatar or...
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He who gains time, gains everything
Are you making the most of your time? Do you get things done or end up wondering what happened to the day? I recently read a short article by Ray Edwards that gave 10 top tips to be “abnormally...
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Points – Badges – Leaderboards
I am not the first, and I won’t be the last, to say that I wish gamification had a better name. The reason I wish it had a better name is because the concept is brilliant, but it won’t get past the...
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Dream Big Dreams
It takes courage to travel to another country where you don’t know anybody, you don’t speak the language and the culture is completely different to your own. You stay in a home you have never been in...
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Desert Island DVD
Shipwrecked! Your solo attempt at sailing round the world comes to an untimely end when your boat hits rocks in stormy weather. With only moments before the vessel sinks beneath the waves, you spot a...
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Turn and face the strange….
Most people aren’t completely comfortable with change. It is particularly difficult when the changes are imposed or implemented by someone else. However, nothing stays the same and innovation and...
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A storm in a tea cup?
Should non-English speaking countries be concerned when English words sneak their way into everyday vocabulary? It is easy to become blasé about this when discussing the matter over tapas, but perhaps...
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Was it only a year ago?
A retrospective blog post today looking at the things we were talking about on here this time last year. My obsession with using a list to help productivity and time management became apparent, as did...
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Sunday Best
This is the last of the days of the week blog posts – Sunday. I was going to say, a day of rest, but that is not true everywhere. In Muslim countries it is a normal working day and although the...
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400 (not that I’m counting)
This is my 400th post and I hope you are not bored yet…. Finding something to write about every single day can be challenging at times. Not just coming up with an idea, but also finding the time to...
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I scream, you scream…
We all scream for ice cream. As the hot weather continues, a gentleman’s thoughts can often stray to the idea of a Mr Whippy (did Margaret Thatcher really play a part in inventing soft scoop ice...
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Proper job
I consider myself fortunate to live in a very pleasant part of the UK and I am always very pleased when visitors to Bristol express how much they like the city. That is not to say that it is perfect –...
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Charming Bristol
I was made aware, by Susan Wilkinson (thanks for all your hard work with Prépa this summer, Susan), of a video on Vimeo made by some very talented Spanish fans of the city - Moisés Pérez and Adrian...
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One word personal branding
I am sure if you asked the people I work with to describe me in one word, there would be a number of responses (and I am sure they would all be extremely positive….) Just as businesses try to define...
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness
Earlier this year, I took a number of my colleagues to listen to Jon Ronson speaking on a number of topics and one was his book, ‘The Psychopath Test’. The findings suggested that psychopaths are found...
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Good Boss Bad Boss
What makes a good boss? What makes someone a pleasure to work for? What do they do (or not do) that means you enjoy your work? Can you think of at least 3 qualities that you value in a boss or line...
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