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New Years Eve

By Mike Howard on 16 March 2007 at 22:17 in ShiftLogs

It was a weird New Years Eve celebration on account that I'd decided that I was not going to drink alcohol. I'd done this every New Year since I could, and I just wasn't going to be bothered with a stinking hangover the next day. This was when I discovered Red Bull. A great night was had by all. My eyes were on stalks, and I could still feel the room moving, and hear my ears buzzing the next day. So not much different from alcohol then.Any way, I digress. Is that spelt right?, as I've never used that word in the written form before. I had one of those, what I call a "ping moment" during a quite moment in the middle of the evening. "This Year, I was going to learn LeRock dancing, and do that life coaching course that I've kept on talking to myself about for the last 4 years or so". It really was a crystal clear decision. I couldn't remember a choice being made with such a sense of clarity and determination. More

Mind mapping: A fun way to start on your business plan

By Marianne Craig

Mind mapping is a great way to plan any aspect of your life or career. Here Marianne shows how mind mapping can be used to start writing up a business plan. More

The Power of Informational Interviewing

By Satu Kreula

Just last week I read a US-based article that said that for 1 in 12 informational interviews leads to a job offer whilst 1 in 200 (and sometimes 1,500) online applications leads to one. I've read similar statistics before and whilst I have no idea where these figures came from, and the writers of the article did not share their sources, I wouldn't be surprised if the figures were not similar in the UK (at least London) as well. More

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