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The World Is Plastic

Last week I asked a client to describe his perfect day, an ideal day, just the way he wanted it. He couldn’t. It was clear he had never come across that idea before and had never even considered the question. … Continue reading

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Do Not Worry About Tomorrow

One of the hardest things when working with clients who want to make a change is getting them to start today. They always agree on some changes they want to make and also agree it would be good to start. … Continue reading

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How to be original – tell the truth

  Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out … Continue reading

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Listen To Your Longings

Choose your tools carefully but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing-table. Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down The Bones Listen to your longings for they are trying to tell … Continue reading

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The Mallet

Walking down the street you notice a lady in business dress who is hitting herself over the head with a wooden mallet. Every five or ten seconds. Bash. Bash. Bash. Never enough to be fatal but hard enough to hurt. … Continue reading

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Be Yourself – As Hard As You Can

Still, I think it’s not the main thing, the essential thing.I hope the message that people really take, really internalize is that being yourself, as hard as you can, is the way to have important and lasting impact on our … Continue reading

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Three Ways To Increase Your Charisma

In your world there are people who know what they want. We call them charismatic because their amazing clarity beguiles and charms us. In a confused world, such single-minded focus is rare and alluring. They have a purpose, a clear … Continue reading

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Writing Wednesdays: “That’s What I Want to Do”

Hermes saw gymnasts on TV for the first time, and he knew at once: “That’s what I want to do.”Everything since has been simply reinforcement. via Writing Wednesdays: “That’s What I Want to Do”. This is a great story although … Continue reading

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Procrastination = Death?

Procrastination from LitReactor Sometimes he who hesitates is lost…

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Is it time to let a few things fall?

Is it time to let a few things fall? Look around you. It’s Autumn and the leaves are falling. Yesterday in Essex was a perfect Autumn Sunday, bright blue sky and leafy smell as they crunched underfoot. It was a … Continue reading

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