Heroes
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Friday, June 19th, 2009I became aware of Roz Savage about 12 months ago. To describe her as an adventurer hardly does her justice. In 2005 she left her job as a management consultant and started a new life by rowing across the Atlantic. She has followed that by starting a row across the Pacific and last year she [...]
Why is the NHS so?
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009I have an eye infection, I became a ware that the upper lid of my left eye was swollen on Monday evening. I rinsed it with Optrex on Monday and yesterday (Tuesday) but the lid stayed red, swollen and sore and overnight it worsened. So this morning I rang “MY” medical practice at 8.35 to [...]
Seth Godin – You Matter
Monday, June 15th, 2009Another great blog post from Seth Godin. You matter When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter. When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter. When you leave the world a better place than you found [...]
Paddi Lund – “Transforming the Experience®”
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Two years after his last UK visit which many thought would be his last Paddi Lund will be back in UK & Ireland in October. He’s doing a couple of gigs with Chris Barrow “Transforming The Experience” in Dublin on October 10th and in York on October 15th. To follow on he’s also presenting “Getting [...]
Indulge Me…..4
Thursday, March 19th, 2009So for everything in rugby that makes me Welsh. Here’s something from my mother’s side that makes me Irish. I knew about Michael Collins from the pram I swear, I was told that my grandmother knew him. I know that my grandfather fought the English at the same time as him. Neil Jordan’s film was [...]
Indulge Me…3
Thursday, March 19th, 2009The sidestep, according to Gerald Davies, is “The Small Man’s Revenge”. Here’s the 21st century’s greatest exponent, he’s everything that makes me proud to be a Welshman when rugby is played.
Indulge Me…1
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009It’s my birthday so during the day some favourites from my past. First up a poem by Roger McGough Let me die a young man’s death not a clean and inbetween the sheets holywater death not a famous-last-words peaceful out of breath death When I’m 73 and in constant good tumour may I be mown [...]
The Today Programme – BBC Radio 4
Sunday, March 15th, 2009I have been listening to the “Today” programme since the Brian Redhead / John Timpson days. They are running a viral marketing campaign with a “behind the scenes” mini-doc. I’m pleased to join in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVeSPyAp8aU
TED @ 400
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Today I withdrew from this year’s London Marathon, my knee will not get better without rest it seems. I am sorry not to be running primarily because I will not be raising money for The Alzheimer’s Society but also because I enjoy the challenge of competing against myself and the sense of achievement of completion [...]
The Monday Morning Quote
Monday, February 9th, 2009“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If [...]
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