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Archive for October, 2011

Motivation, Personal Branding, and the ridiculous joy of working for free!

Posted by Liz McKechnie

I’ve often wondered why I enjoy working much more and tend to be more creative when I am giving my services for free.

I’d like to say I laugh at Money – Pah! However I don’t think I’m nearly that cool and I like life’s little luxuries but now I think I know the answer. Read more

To tell or not to tell – when values clash

Posted by Bronia Szczygiel

My aunt died recently and in typical Celtic fashion the family sat round telling stories about her – some funny, some sad. I was reminded of a time about 20 years ago when I was a strict vegetarian and we dropped in on Aunty Peggy unexpectedly.

We’d just had lunch but it didn’t matter, Aunty Peggy insisted we eat. The scene played out like one of those in Father Ted “Go on, go on, go on – just a bite” repeated till we crumbled. Well Aunty Peggy didn’t understand vegetarianism and ‘just a bite’ turned into half a cow on a plate with some lettuce and tomato. My dilemma – to tell her I was veggie, or to shut up and eat up.

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