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Category Archives: Addiction

Silly Utility Vehicle

Saturday 1 March, spring is in the air and I’m walking to my local train station.
Part of me thinks it’s a crying shame to be working on such a glorious day.
Yet there are benefits too:
- I can take a compensation day off during the week.
- No packed commuter trains at 11am Saturday
My “feeling [...]

Giving Up

Sometimes it’s necessary to give up and let go of ’stuff’.
I’m not talking about “giving up” on a dream - that’s a subject for a different post.
But just look around you at the amount of clutter in the physical space you call ‘home’.
I spent a few days recently doing just that and came across the [...]

Is Your Career Escape Pod Burning Up In The Buyosphere?

As I write this post it’s Tuesday lunchtime Japan time and the World’s stock markets are having another bumpy day - downwards. Anyone with a significant portfolio must be feeling a tad queazy.
And then my thoughts turn to the tech bubble and the Y2K froth of 1999. (Isn’t it amazing how the mind flits around [...]

Breaking Enjoyable But Distracting Habits - Self-Coaching Tool #1

There’s a lot to be said for having the personal discipline to do what needs to be done.
Take writing this blog, for example.
It’s a key part of staying in touch with my readers, some of whom are also customers, because it helps to build trust and connections over time.
I don’t have a problem with actually [...]

Career Change Worries - “Sleep on it!”

Have you ever woken up after a good night’s sleep, refreshed and ready to go - aware you’d some kind of wonderful dream but not recalling the details?
Me too. It’s a great feeling, isn’t it.
Kindly spare a thought for people who are less fortunate - and have to, for one reason or another, depend on [...]