| Health & Well-Being |
When thinking negatively think of something else |
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Use self recognition – life is too short to be mean to yourself |
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Only suckers work through lunch |
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Never compare yourself with anyone |
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The only time you have control over the day is first thing in the morning |
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Cider vinegar and honey |
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Have a spiritual centre to guide you on drug use |
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Handling the pressure |
| Family and Friends |
How to find a good flatmate |
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Do not go out if you are not prepared to buy a round of drinks |
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Social media does not create life long friends |
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Have a coffee or a drink with a friend twice a week |
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Never ghost an ex-friend |
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You can always find time to attend a funeral |
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Never have your phone on the restaurant table unless you want to be a dick |
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Forget your families’ and best friends’ birthdays at your peril |
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The difference between a friend with a problem and a problem friend |
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How to buy a good wine in a wine shop |
| Your Other Half |
Hobbies and dining clubs are a good place to look for a like minded partner |
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Beware of eye candy that has a smooth tongue |
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Be knowledgeable under the sheets |
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Never let lawyers write to each other on a separation /divorce |
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If you have not had sex with your partner for a month you have a problem |
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Great sex can never paper over the cracks of incompatibility |
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The grass is seldom greener on the other side |
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Relationships have their use by date (7 hours, 7 days, 7 weeks, 7 months, 7 years, 77 years 777 years) |
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If your are swapping bodily fluids get the blood tests done |
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Don’t give up on a long term relationship unless you have had a series of counselling sessions |
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Get to know their parents so you can see what their DNA is like |
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A leopard cannot change its spots or their moral compass |
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Jealousy is a sign of possessiveness |
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There are over 60,000 life partners waiting to be found |
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Separate with style |
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Binge drinking once a month, let alone once a week is a problem |
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| Career Planning |
How to avoid being sucked in by a Walter Mitty (a compulsive liar) |
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How to handle a bully of a boss |
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Choosing the right competing job offer |
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Choose your boss with more care than you choose your last boyfriend |
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Get into management ASAP |
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Learn interviewing techniques |
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Make sure your career becomes a hedgehog |
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Think how you want to be remembered |
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Finding a great job |
| Personal Development |
Have a treasure map to give your life direction |
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Use the law of attraction to turbo charge your life |
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Facing tough times |
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Minimise your personal baggage |
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Go on an anger management course |
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Give unconditional apologies |
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Time management tips |
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Embrace the old their wisdom is priceless |
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How the mighty fall – the danger of hubris |
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Have a clean car- you will get to enjoy it |
| Winning Work Habits |
Never compromise on integrity |
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Challenge conformity |
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Go where angels fear to tread |
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Be calm in a crisis |
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Avoid becoming a self taught millennium – recognise the need for 40 hours of structured training each year |
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Avoid being a news junkie |
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Power dressing |
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Get a cluster of mentors behind you |
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How to find a great manager |
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Preparing for your performance review |
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Quality assurance checks you need to do on all your reports |
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Avoid making enemies- the world is too small |
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Write a recognition letter a month to a supplier that went the extra mile |
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Agile habits to master |
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Never move a meeting you need to have – it puts the problem into your future |
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Golden rules for emails (never look at emails before 10:30 AM etc) |
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Always greet your guests at reception (hostmanship) |
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Networking tricks |
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Be good on your feet |
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Somehow avoid attending meetings that have no purpose |
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Learn how to sell change |
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Love they neighbour as thy self |
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Have blue sky Fridays |
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Be a finisher |
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Look for the future that has already happened |
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Be a disciple of Peter Drucker |
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The importance of Peter Drucker’s abandonment |
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Using consultants effectively on projects |
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Position your career so it is a hedgehog, a great protective layer |
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Become an expert of Word and PowerPoint by attending some training |
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Beware of spreadsheets over 100 rows |
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Beware of becoming a workaholic |
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Other ways to save time in meetings |
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30 rules for a “killer” presentation |
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Why you should eat a frog every morning |
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Have two, two-hour blocks of time every day to move a project forward |
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Allocate time to your rocks (key tasks) rather than the pebbles and sand (emails) |
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Avoid becoming a self taught millennium |
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| You and Your Money |
Pay off your mortgage in 15 years |
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Seek expert advice when you are buying a house |
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Follow Warren Buffet’s advice on investments |
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When to get out of the stock market |
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Useful borrowing rules |
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Never sell your crown jewels |
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Avoid a holiday home, caravan or motorhome |
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Half your age is the benchmark of the percentage of your net annual salary you should be saving |
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Never mix old family money with your partner e.g. Debbie |
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Don’t own a rental more than 60 minutes drive from where you live |
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Avoid buying a house at the top of a property cycle |
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20 tips when buying your first home |
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Buy well buy once |
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Visualise what you want in a house |
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When buying a car remember you know nothing about cars- get some advice |
| Managing People |
Go on a week manager training residential course before managing staff |
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Learn how to hold scrum meetings |
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Be a follower of action meetings |
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Improve your decision-making ability |
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Off-site team meetings |
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Get into managing people ASAP – it is worth the pain |
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Have sunshine days in your team |
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When recruiting look for values – a leopard can never change their spots |
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Recruitment is a life and death decision |
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| Hobbies and Interests |
Travelling abroad-survival tips |
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Learning how to cook like Jamie Oliver |
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Develop a safe haven, at least two hobbies you can fall back to when times get tough |
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Avoid Netflix series if you want to achieve |
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| DIY and enjoy |
Get a cluster of trades people and look after them |
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Get a fixed quote for large jobs |
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Learn to fix things |
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When restoring a house have a week on and week off cycle |
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