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Ground Rules for writing your story


Autobiography might be the formal description, but most of the autobiographies I read seem to be severely edited and keep all the raw emotion of a life away from the pages that are supposed to be describing that same life.
When you want to get your story down on the page take the time to establish [...]

Farmers IN the marketplace


The idea of a Farmers’ Market is often almost as old as the ancient or even modern squares they take place in; for wherever someone allows a trading place such as a town square or village green people will use it for trading.
 
The active word here just in case you didn’t catch it is “trading” [...]

Got a business? Get a life!


A few days ago I went with a colleague to see a prospect who had called and asked for some help with their manufacturing business.  When we got to their premises it was clear that the MD was worried, sad and stressed.
Ten days before our visit a key member of his team had died suddenly, leaving [...]

Writing for money


The purists tell me that writing is only about cultural identity, about aesthetics, about art and life.  They are wrong.  Writing is about anything you want it to be that calls to you or which makes you take action.
I have written books about heart and soul, about investment, about the process of money in life, and about [...]

Techno relief?


Will technology make your life easier? Will the office ever be paperless? Will it rain next year in Andalucia?
Having been an early adopter of the Amstrad PCW, The HP Compaq PDA and the Blackberry I wonder how I ever manage to find the time to write books and speak to small business audiences.  My preferred writing [...]