The special gift of music – the playlist with Declan Murphy of THE 4 OF US
Music has played a special role in my life, ever since a Spanish student that was staying with us one summer in 1977 and he had brought his tape recorder and a selection of his favourite albums. I...
View ArticleI’m ready to buy. Are you ready to sell?
So the time was right. We had engaged with this particular service provider before, but the time wasn’t quite right then for us to get value for the service provided so we didn’t engage. However, they...
View ArticleThe slow and long road back to the office ..
“Oh…you want me to deliver the session in person, in Dublin?“ This was a simple enquiry to facilitate a social media strategy session to a group from an organisation and then provide some specific...
View ArticleBacking Brave and “Your Relationship Manager”
I just received a significant piece of correspondence from the bank I have been with for 40 years. It was important, great, huge even, but it captures in a nutshell how far we have come from the bank...
View ArticleBlurb….
Don’t you just love those emails you get from organisations who you have never heard of who come promising you overnight success if you just buy into their “magic system” . They seem to think that...
View ArticleTime to talk to the unvaccinated?
We are reading about the need for taking more care, not going back to the workplace, socialising less and the need for possible regular antigen tests to keep us safe. Fancy a stick up your nose three...
View ArticleTime to lose the “kind regards” and say something meaningful
I was listening to a fascinating conversation on a podcast with the founder of Toms Shoes, Blake Mycoskie who was sharing his career story including the incredible story of where the idea of Toms...
View ArticleIt’s all over…but it will be stressful!
So that’s it? This weekend we read the headlines in the newspapers after the speech on Friday night by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin more or less declaring that “the Covid pandemic is over” and that...
View ArticleAre the government entering dangerous territory with home working proposals?
My first reaction when I read the headline was have they totally and utterly lost their marbles? “Employers to have at least 13 grounds to refuse remote working requests” Before I say any more can I...
View ArticleCashel Palace Hotel and the €15 Tea and Scone!
What are we seriously like when a printed receipt from a disgruntled customer makes the news in our national newspapers?!! The outraged Ciara who was charged €45 and 10% gratuity for her and her two...
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