Take My Clutter Quiz to Add a Spring to Your Life Right Away
Spring is here! I am writing this from a beautifully sunny day in central London. Isn’t it funny how I tend to describe the weather, even though I know that the weather is just weather! So as we look forward to longer, brighter days, the question how can you make each...
Let Us Make Kunta Kinte Proud of His Legacy
Today is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Various events are taking place around London and the UK to mark the end of this abhorrent practice. Though it was in 1807 that the slave trade finally became illegal, it was not until 1833 that slaves were...
Let as Much Light into Your Life as You Can!
A couple of weeks I wrote about the hilarious episode of scaffolding being put up against the wrong building. As I said at the time, sometimes you just have to laugh!, and this post amused a lot of readers out there. Anyway, the scaffolding has now been moved to my...
How do You and Your Company Communicate with the World?
This morning I searched around on the internet for some possible suppliers for one of my new projects (more details soon). I typed in my search criteria in Google as one does and chose to call the first three companies that caught my eye and who also seemed to offer...
Make the World a Better Place through Ethical Business
Today, I am attending the launch party for a very timely and much needed book called "Your Ethical Business" by Paul Allen (Amazon UK) I met Paul a few weeks ago at an event for Social Entrepreneurs and we immediately had a great connection. Paul's book is a unique...
Red Nose Day – a Day for Giving!
Today is red nose day! A day to be zany and to do fun things all in a good cause. The sillier you are, the more money you can raise - and bring a smile to the faces of those around you and also children in far off lands who will ultimately benefit. I have a couple of...
Is it Christmas Already?!
This is one of my house plants which has just flowered in the last week and has some most beautiful but delicate pinkish white flowers. What a great way to celebrate Spring which is here for sure. However this plant is called Christmas Cactus as it flowers every...
Peace or Trident in our Time?
Today in the House of Commons the British Parliament will discuss plans to renew the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system. MPs will debate the £20bn plan to replace the submarines which carry the Trident missiles. Between £15bn and £20bn would be spent on new...
Be Careful of What you Ask For!
In my story about the carrot, the egg and the coffee beans, way back in January, I wrote about how we should all strive to be "coffee" in 2007. Well, my wish has literally come true! To cut a long story short, I have an article due to be published in the company...
Prepare Yourself for your Unique and Finest Hour!
I used to subscribe to various newsletters and endlessly struggled with my email inbox being swamped. It felt like a losing battle, but I have since learnt to stay on top by applying my smart tips about handling emails. As usual there is no rocket science in such...