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#13 – AGES
The first time I felt old was when I was sitting across from my rather pompous obstetrician, and he informed me that I was a Geriatric...
Nov 30, 2020
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#12 RESPECT - CLEAN RELATIONSHIPS
We’ve all learnt a lot about ourselves this year – some lessons more profound than others. Possibly the least profound but one of the...
Nov 16, 2020
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#11 CHAOS
Christmas can bring its own kind of chaos. Christmas 2001 will always be one of my absolute favourites, notwithstanding that I’d...
Nov 8, 2020
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#10 EFFORT
I was never fabulous on terra firma, even back in the day when all of my limbs worked immediately and harmoniously on demand. I was...
Nov 2, 2020
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#9 IMAGINATION
“Angel, promise me you’ll learn how to use a computer. Your career will never go anywhere until you do.” These were the sincere and...
Oct 26, 2020
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#8 VICTORY
One of my less admirable habits is that I resolutely try to beat my children at games. Even when they were young. Even on their birthdays...
Oct 19, 2020
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#7 FEEL BETTER
It was a crazy, crazy time in advertising in the mid-’80s. I miss it so much. The agency I worked at had not only taken me on as a junior...
Oct 12, 2020
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#6 PIVOT - THE BLACK SWAN
Although we all knew the term, “black swan events” were such a mysterious and distant notion, you’d give yourself a mental high-five for...
Oct 5, 2020
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#5 LISTEN
“DON’T SAY A WORD! Let him THINK you’re stupid, instead of KNOW you’re stupid.” These were the immortal words whispered urgently into my...
Oct 1, 2020
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#4 SERVICE - THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF LOVE
I got trapped in a cheese counter in Hong Kong once. I was due to give a speech the following day, and thought I should get out of the...
Sep 21, 2020
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#3 INTERVIEWS - YOU BE YOU
I learned a rather important lesson during an interview in London, at the outset of the 90’s recession, having just been made redundant....
Sep 15, 2020
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#2 GOOD WILL - MAY I HAVE A T-SHIRT?
After being in London for about 13 kilograms (which roughly equates to 18 months give or take), my mother subtly mentioned that she’d...
Aug 25, 2020
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#1 NOT YOUR USUAL BUSINESS BLOG
My “passionate weirdness” and hybrid CV, which hitherto had been sources of ire and consternation for nuns and search firms alike, are...
Aug 22, 2020
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