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A good friend of mine, India Martin published an article on her LinkedIn page recently entitled The Real Cost of Being an Entrepreneur. In it she gives an honest account of moving from corporate to entrepreneurial life sharing her vulnerabilities, the sacrifices made and the risks taken. It’s worth a read. One thing India didn’t...
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It was just the other day, as I was writing the blog before this one, that I found myself pondering the question, ‘Who is Confucius?’ Now it might strike you as odd that such a seemingly random thought would pop into my head and then compel me to write about it. So let me explain....
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Before I left England I was adamant that a day trip to Chiang Mai’s Tiger Kingdom was not something that would be on my agenda whist traveling. The draw of seeing a tiger up close and personal is one I could understand fully, but what I failed to fathom was how people could support these...
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Going to court is not an everyday experience, and though I achieved the outcome I envisaged in this particularly case, it also served as a prime opportunity for me to witness the judicial system at its best. It has been a few years since I last stepped foot into a court setting, and I was...
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The day for expressions of love and lust will soon be upon us and as much as I agree with some of the arguments made this week on Semple about Valentine’s Day and its commercial qualities, I have to say that I do enjoy the excuse to feel just a little bit gooey. I love...
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I have said ‘I love you’ three times. I have meant it twice. The first was merely a teenage first time fling, didn’t even last a year kind of love, which had more to do with me feeling like that’s what you are meant to say, rather than anything to do with how I actually...
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So, I’m not really the type of person who would happily gush and pour my heart out about someone I cared about, I physically can’t. It’s not really my style. In my words, I just keep it real. When I was 17 I met this guy, who was in this band I really liked. He...
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Do you ever trawl over google images and think to yourself “If only I could have Mila Kunis’ big brown eyes, Kim Kardashian’s flawless sun kissed complexion or Penelope Cruz’ luscious glossy locks”…Yeah, same here. We live in a world where celebrities are the holy grail and we are constantly faced with images of perfection,...
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