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Selection of Poetry composed by Mel Clifford. Additional poems kindly provided with the permission of the authors.

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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?

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Clarity

Where was the misunderstanding?

People whom you depend on can sometimes let you down.

Had we a clear understanding between the parties involved as to what was to be delivered?

Were we expecting too much from the other person (s)?

Clarity is an important word – very often not discussed as we have [...]

The 5 States of Success

Brendan Foley

WOW! It’s finally here! It is with the greatest pleasure that I have been asked to invite you to join Brendan Foley for the launch of his new book The 5 States of Success at 6:30pm on Tuesday 6th of September, in Dubray Books, Blackrock Shopping Centre, Co Dublin Ireland.

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Getting Distracted

Take That Road

Some days I feel I am distracted from what I should be doing in my life.  Having to deal with issues that in the long term don’t really matter to anyone.  We think they do, I feel and know they don’t.  In fifty years time will anyone even speak our [...]

Answer Inside

Answer Inside

When we are at a distance it is often thought but not said

If my arms are too far away to hold you then what shall I do?

If my thoughts are of you yet you cannot feel them what shall I do?

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Making Training Happen –Part 1

Unless learning is valued and evaluated in your business making training happen will always be an uphill struggle. Organisations whose learning is not equal to or greater than the rate of change within their environment will find it difficult to survive.

6 Ways to recognise that learning is not valued in a Company

Training [...]

Distraction or Attraction

What will attract you to get the things you need to get done this week?

I was again going over all the things I must tackle this week while having a shower this morning.

What will distract me from getting these things I need done?

Maybe it is the distraction I should pay more [...]

As we come we go

We enter our world surrounded by people of all ages and we exit this world in similar circumstances.  During the course of our lives we seem to ignore or not value people of different ages, why?  We have preconceived ideas about young kids, teenagers’ young adults, the mid forties, the over sixties and older.

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What has this week been about?

Failing is important in our lives for it teaches us many lessons.  Making a success of something is hard, the easy part is all you have to do is to try.

Taking risks, getting up again, seeking courage and strength, self belief, standing up for yourself are all the hard parts.

Sometimes we need [...]

You learn from your friends

What was the first joke you heard as a child that you could not tell your parents and who told you?

Mine was told to me by a friend in school it was – Did you hear about the sexy mechanic, he was caught looking up a Mini

I am sure we all have [...]