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The Story Behind The Book

On my way to The Business Book Awards last week where my business memoir Ahead of her Time: How a One-Woman Startup Became a Global Publishing Brand, published by Watkins, won the Best Book Award for Business Journey. I had got up most days in 2019 and written for three or four hours, discovering why…

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On Living with Anxiety

8 years ago i gave a frequent keynote speech on future trends that entrepreneurs needed to know about. The trends included demographics and the growing control of wealth by older people, the increasing influence of technology and social media on our lives, the rise of China as a world power and the forthcoming impact of…

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Staying Centred in a Chaotic World

It’s hard to stay centred in this chaotic world of ours. It feels like wherever we look the planet is in so much distress – both the natural world and our emotional worlds. The ground beneath our feet feels as though it is moving, both physically and metaphorically as so many people are presently struggling…

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A War is being Waged for our Minds

  We are living in a time when wars are taking place that we do not even realise are happening.They are not 3D wars that we can see upon our television screens and they do not involve people living in far-off lands. These wars are happening in our own homes and offices and as we…

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What do children most want from their parents?

A recent survey asked children what they most wanted from their parents. The answer was both a simple and an obvious one.  The children wanted their parents to spend less time on their mobile phones and more time ‘being present’ with their family. Young children appreciate the power of the mobile phone many months before…

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