FRIDAY is normally an early start for me so I can write this blog. This morning I was up a bit earlier than usual to listen to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up to Money show which runs from 5am for an hour. I’d arranged for a client, leadership expert John Fay MBE of DeltaV […]
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HELLO again! It’s nice to be back. Have you been anywhere nice recently? I took a week off last week. Well it was a Bank Holiday weekend with the bank holiday actually on a Friday for a change. It led to a deluge of complaints from avid readers about the absence of this blog. You
JUST a week after paying tribute to Leeds United legend Norman Hunter, today I’m doing the same for another of the club’s great players, Trevor Cherry. It might provide content for the blog, but there are no positives from losing men like this. Norman became one of the thousands of victims of coronavirus and, when
YOU only have to have made a few appearances in professional sport these days before they dub you a “legend”. The term is chucked around like confetti. But surely it should really be reserved for those who have consistently performed at the highest level for many years? That’s why there is no disputing the description
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MOTOR racing legend and all round colourful character Sir Stirling Moss died this week at the age of 90. Often when a well known person passes on I’ll write something and find an often tenuous connection or memory I have of them. In Sir Stirling’s case I don’t so I’m going to live vicariously through
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AT a time when there is no sport taking place I’ve been cheered by recent news from the world of cricket. The current coronavirus lockdown has not just prevented live sport taking place for many weeks and possibly months, but also put many professional sports clubs in jeopardy. At the end of all this
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VETERAN comedian and performer Roy Hudd died a couple of weeks ago aged 83, just as the lockdown started. He was perhaps the last link to music hall in this country who also appeared on TV soap opera Coronation Street. I hope one of the broadcasters produces a fitting tribute to a man who was
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ATTENTION! Has anybody told you what to do over the last week? Given I run my own business I’m in charge of motivating me. And I have to say I’ve had mixed results since the Prime Minister’s request on Monday evening that the nation undertake social distancing and everyone who can to work from home.
I’M sure you are as sick as I am of emails from companies telling you what their response is to the COVID-19 outbreak. So you’ll be pleased to know this isn’t one of them. All of these emails follow the same format, often include identical wording and are designed to reassure the reader. But the
IF you haven’t had an event you were planning to attend cancelled or postponed over the next couple of weeks then you must already be a recluse. I’ve had so many invites pulled that I’m already feeling like a trainee hermit. To be honest I’ve avoided discussing the coronovirus in this blog up to now
