Are you following your Passion?
I started telling this story in a previous blog post “Breaking Bread Together” , but there was a separate story there which I felt warranted its own stage so here goes
I had a Great 2012 because ..
Well – how did you do? Did you achieve what you set out to achieve in 2011? Did you make ambitious plans and fall short of them or did you make any plans at all? – If yo
Be nice to the Elderly woman!
This week I heard a really simple story by a guy who was participating in one of our training courses. He supplied corporate and domestic cleaning services and at the early stages
George Michael & Relying on Price
George Michael at the O2 in Dublin was the reason I found myself on the lastminute.com website last Monday – as usual I was lastminute.com when it came to looking for a nice
Porridge and what I learnt about samples
I don’t like porridge, at least that’s what I always thought! In truth I had never tasted it and at 46 what were the chances of me developing a taste for a new cereal? In parti
When Great Products mask over Poor Service
I found myself in the queue of Butlers Chocolate Coffee Shop for about the fifth time in the week for our ritual morning treat and we just had to leave and search the streets of Co
Knowing you are the best and saying it
I was at a recent Chamber event in Cork and they had their usual “soap box” slot whereby a few members are given the opportunity to speak in front of the attendees and
Factor 15, the Flywheel and that crew in Killarney
I’m getting ready for another day, up early and wondering what to wear .. The rain pounding against the bedroom window and a night of strong winds rattling fence doors and ou
Waiting for the Penny to Drop
I was reading the text of an interview with a prominent retailer in Ireland (in business for over 40 years) who has a number of outlets – he was talking about the current sta
Patrick’s Hill, Heroes and Villains
We anxiously waited on Patrick’s Hill in Cork alongside partners, children, other family members, people from the charity, collectors, sponsors, spectators, cycle fans and curiou
