True signs of success

In this life, there is a lot of pressure to show socially-acceptable signs of success: high income, high powered job,  big house and car, being constantly in demand, always on the phone and so on.
If your life doesn’t look like that, it is easy to be a bit defensive about it in a social situation. […]

Manifesto for business success

I’ve been having a minor crisis of confidence recently. This can easily happen when you are on your own and don’t have anyone to pep you up. I lost confidence in my business ideas, the projects I want to develop to earn an income for myself. I became temporarily unconvinced that they were good ideas […]

A bad moment

How do I say this? I am having a bad moment. I had a temp job for a couple of days with a solicitors in Truro. I thought it was all going fine but I found out on Friday afternoon from my recruitment consultant that they were really unhappy with me. I have no idea […]

Learning not to feel guilty about feeling good

It looks like the flat is going to work out, but until I’ve signed an agreement and put my money on the table I won’t get too excited!
I went for a walk along the cliffs near the flat and I found myself looking at the landscape and thinking of it as ‘my beach’ and ‘my […]

Leaving the rat race behind

My sister, who moved from London to a small town in Turkey, tells me that “the rat race is partly in your own head”. It takes a long time to unwind from the stress and pace of London life. You are also at the mercy of other people’s concept of time and time management, so […]