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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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Hero’s Inside

I have my up and down days and sometimes I think things can’t get any worse.  It is at these times I need to make sure I look for the heroes inside to teach me the way through.  I am sure you can relate to these times.

M People recorded a song called “Search [...]

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 [...]

Guidance in Your World

You are never alone

When I am unsure of what I must do send my teachers and mentors to place the lessons before me so that I can learn, understand and grow in this world.  Encourage me to stay in the moment and reflect on what I must do next.  Guide me in [...]

The Power of a Few Chosen Words

Individuals Need Individual Words

When one says I don’t mean to criticise you but ………they are actually criticising you and not what should be addressed and that is the actual action, project or behaviour not the person.

When a manager uses the words the Company feels that you are ……….who is this person [...]

Till we meet again

? Is this your Problem

On the 29th April last I wrote about Mike (not his real Name) in a post entitled “What would you do?” While I was sitting at the sea front reading my newspaper who should come along again but Mike.  Looking the worse for wear after a few days [...]

Who can you help today?

Crummey V Ireland

Following a recent radio interview with Mr. Frank Crummey I purchased his book titled Crummey v Ireland. Frank Crummey is the man who in the late 1960’s as a guest on the Late Late Show told of the abuse within schools by Irish Christian Brother. Which lead to him loosing [...]

What would you do?

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 [...]

Volcanic Ash and No Planes - The Journey by Road

One never knows the challenges they will face until they come along.  Last week with all the confusion  related to air travel I had to make a decision to support some friends in their travel arrangements.  The two key issues were one friend was in Ireland trying to get to Romania for his [...]

Boats, Automobiles, Trains and No Planes

On The Road Again

With the Icelandic Volcanic Ash stopping nearly all air travel over Europe in the past week like many others I was involved and having to travel over land.  Therefore I had little access to Internet and could not post until now.  Only getting back home yesterday (Saturday) I will [...]