Ask any expectant mother (or father) and typically, they’ll understand the concept of the ‘grab-bag.’
For those who are unfamiliar with the phrase, the grab-bag is, (as the name implies), what you reach for when heading out the door on your way to the delivery suite and the impending arrival of your child.
It may be appropriate
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Imagine what life would be like if…
* You could feel good about yourself all of the time;
* You felt comfortable saying “no” to people;
* You could talk in front of people without feeling silly or nervous;
* You could control that negative voice in your head;
* You could communicate with confidence;
* You had the confidence to
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Q: I’ve been asked to decide between accepting a pay cut at work or face the risk of redundancy – what should I do?
A: Firstly, establish if the redundancy thing is a ‘threat’ or not. Secondly, it comes down to evaluating your alternative options: for example are you able to consider a) starting a business;
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Hackers have stolen the personal data of 4.5 million jobs seekers from Monster.co.uk (the online recruitment site.) Names, passwords, telephone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, sex and ethnicity data as well as other ‘demographic information’ was stolen The Times reported.
It’s unlikely the bad guys will be inviting the job seekers to attend interviews in the
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Those who post their CVs online beware! An experiment carried out recently involved researchers placing a fake job advert in a newspaper. It really was obvious this was a fake site, however, within a few days, the website has received 107 CVs, complete with names, addresses, employment history and everything else that a fraudster might
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Ok, so now we’ve hooked you in, the really headline is” Apple Founder – Fired up!”
If you ever need some inspiration, just listen to the passion in the voice of the ‘other’ founder of the ‘ubber successful’ super brand – Apple.
Click the icon to takes you to the BBC website.
Alternatively paste this url into your
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Poppy wreath
It’s ninety years since the end of the First World War. Only three veterans from that conflict are still alive and living in Great Britain. Without the selfless sacrifice of those involved, the world in which we live would be very different; we owe the people who paid the ultimate price a great
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Nail bars up and down the country are likely to be inundated with clients this morning as those of us who witnessed this prodigious young man become the youngest F1 World Champion ever, seek to repair the self-inflicted damage.
It is testimony to Lewis’ dedication, hard work and natural talent that he has achieved this
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As I satisfy my craving for early morning coffee today I am surprised by the lack of focus in the local Starbucks drive through and wonder how may other businesses has similar confused priorities.
It’s Halloween, another ‘event’ in the calendar which I’m sad to say has been commercialised and branded in order to entice us
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