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Your 57 Alibis and Old Man IF...

Archive for Optimism

Your 57 Alibis and Old Man IF…

"People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure and have what they believe to be airtight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement."

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Viv Oyolu: Radio Presenter, Entrepreneur & Business Consultant

Viv Oyolu: Radio Presenter, Entrepreneur & Business Consultant

11/22/2011  |  No Comments

"I think you always have to go with your instinct - your instinct is like your sat nav..." Read more...

Finding Your Vision - an Extraordinary Tale

Finding Your Vision – an Extraordinary Tale

06/13/2011  |  3 Comments

Today is the first day of Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan e-Course (woo-hoo!) and Week 1 has you focusing... Read more...

How are we feeling? Well, that depends how you look at it. Literally.

How are we feeling? Well, that depends how you look at it. Literally.

08/10/2010  |  2 Comments

I haven't posted for a long while, as I decided at the beginning of the school summer holidays that moving... Read more...

3 Steps to Better Communication using just 3 Simple Colours

3 Steps to Better Communication using just 3 Simple Colours

08/09/2009  |  No Comments

Fiona maintains that the problems many of us encounter in our dealings with others are often due to the style of communication - the way we say things - rather than what we are saying, and that style is down to our personality type. There are many personality and style type indicators available - the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, The Kolbe Index, and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter to name a few, but to keep this simple, Fiona groups people into three main communication style colours; Red, Green and Blue. Read more...

It’s Not Funny, Is It?

04/03/2009  |  No Comments

Hmmm – laughter in my book just happens – and a lot, all day, every day– it’s not something that I’ve ever analysed or questioned before. I’ve always assumed that the world is a much happier and brighter place with more laughter in it and I always thought that it was my role, as a born optimist, to contribute as much as possible with all the smiles and laughs I could – in the appropriate places if course. But what if I’m wrong? Read more...