It is only a few more days till Thursday 6th May when the British Elections will take place. I still hold the opinion that Nick Clegg would make a good Leader. But like Gordon Brown sometimes you have to act on what is right as against listening to all those spin doctors and election [...]
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The tale of Doc Higgins and his time travel invention. How does the famous Doc plan to bring Alistair back from 1965 to his Nora? On Sale Now Poetry Just for You BUY NOW 
Selection of Poetry composed by Mel Clifford. Additional poems kindly provided with the permission of the authors. Release Date 2013 : Never Lose the Child Within - Your World of Business. 
What you create in your life will either support you or hinder you in what you want to achieve. Like the culture you create and support within your organisation, it can make the Company great or destroy it – everyone has a part to play including you. Why do we lose the child within us when we enter the world of Business? |
Drunk and Incapable A young man on the street the other day asked me for 50 cents, the smallest I had in change was a two euro coin, so I gave it to him. He responded by saying “I only asked you for 50 cents” typical Dublin wit. So I had to explain [...] Man in the middle I have started following the British elections purely on the fact that some weeks ago a guy named Nick Clegg mentioned “what we need around here is honesty in politics”, I thought what a contradiction. So I watched the debate on Thursday evening between Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and [...] Nick Clegg It seems to me that British media are looking for signs of anger in their leaders for the coming elections, surely they mean passion. Can you show passion about an issue without using anger? If you do not get angry about an issue or topics then you seem to lack passion [...] True to your beliefs On Friday last while driving I was listening to the radio and Kevin Myers was in discussions with George Hook. They were discussing would you walk passed a fight on the street if you saw one happening or would you intervene. Kevin said he would not get involved for [...] While listening to the radio this morning I heard Mike Nesbitt a Northern Ireland Politician making a comment along the lines that all the children who will be born on the island of Ireland no matter what part of the island they are born on, each have a spark of creativity within them. The [...] The Chinese have a saying and its “loosing face” this is an embarrassment caused by a person or a situation to another individual or organisation. One thing that the Chinese dislike the most is to loose “face”. Face means, honour, good reputation, respect and one can show good face or bad face. Diu- mianzi, [...] Why do Irish politician not accept personal accountability for their actions in public life – look at the recent events and the scandals with semi state spending, expenses and decision on infrastructure projects and the enormous over spends and wastage. Yet not one public employee or minister has been fired, why? Well I feel [...] |
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Then There Were Two
Grown up Behaviours
After all the weeks of election campaigning and the arguments over policies and the very clear differences between the three political parties, Britain now has a new relationship David Cameron and Nick Clegg. How will the coalition of these two very different parties work going forward? How will all the [...]