Tips For Managers To Improve Business Efficiency

Now more than ever the pressure is on to get more done for less. There is rarely one thing that will fix entrenched challenges, it’s multiple, small, incremental differences that make a big change. These tips from a contributor will Continue reading Tips For Managers To Improve Business Efficiency

We’ve Already Invented A Time Machine

write your book

  I’m a sci-fi fan. And a Trekkie. One of the most memorably brilliant books I’ve read in a long time is ‘Time and Time Again’ by Ben Elton. It’s about time travel. Travelling back and righting a wrong in Continue reading We’ve Already Invented A Time Machine

Lessons From Another Year in Business

Lessons learned from another year in Business

I have a memory of a school Parent’s Evening. As a sometime teacher’s pet, my innate need to please made me a bit of a suck-up, constantly seeking approval. I was often the first with a hand up in class Continue reading Lessons From Another Year in Business

Birds Must Sing… Why Everything You Write Matters!

flock of birds

We live in the middle of a row of 1930’s terraces in Bristol, UK. The houses are old railway, docker’s and miner’s houses from the mid-century industrialism of Bristol. They were lucky enough to escape being flattened in the Blitz. Continue reading Birds Must Sing… Why Everything You Write Matters!

The Joy Of Freedom – On Your Bike

The freedom of cycling and self emplyment

    Meet Barry…     Barry The Bike   He’s been sat in my shed for seven years until this summer. I re-homed the various spiders who’d moved into Barry’s nooks and crannies and took him to Crucial BMX Continue reading The Joy Of Freedom – On Your Bike

Passion Projects #8: Pearls of Wisdom with Jan Para

pearls of wisdom passion project

    Retiring quietly and retreating into the shadows was never going to be an option for the next passion-driven entrepreneur I’m featuring in the Passion Project series. When Jan Para started The Rocks Collection, it was a way to see Continue reading Passion Projects #8: Pearls of Wisdom with Jan Para

Directing Your Energy – A Little Adventure in Kinetic Divination

Crystal and Kinetic Divination

“Where your attention goes, your energy flows” I have a vague memory of a work away day. It was so many years ago, I’m not even sure where I was working! One of the team-building exercises was to describe each Continue reading Directing Your Energy – A Little Adventure in Kinetic Divination

You Are Unique (A to Z of Blogging)

What makes your business unique

  I’ve always had a problem with that business cliche, USP (Unique Selling Point). It creates this illusion that every business needs to have ‘a thing’, some sort of ‘novelty’ or ‘quirk’ that makes them ‘different’. It’s one of the Continue reading You Are Unique (A to Z of Blogging)

Becoming a Digital Nomad (Guest Post)

Becoming a digital nomad

Living The Nomad Life One day, I’ll travel far and wide with Learn To Love Your Words and live the nomad life! My vision has always been to travel. I want my business to be a means of doing so, Continue reading Becoming a Digital Nomad (Guest Post)

Are You A Business, An Entrepreneur or A Freelancer?

How do you describe what you? A business or an entrepreneur?do

  I was always entrepreneurial and creative. My first experience of being ‘an entrepreneur’ was in the mid 1980’s – I think I was about 8 years old!   A Child Entrepreneur (?) My sister and I were really into Continue reading Are You A Business, An Entrepreneur or A Freelancer?