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#AmovitaVitality: Healing doesn’t take place on a battlefield

February 11, 2011

How often do you hear people speaking about fighting off a cold or loosing their battle against cancer? It’s fairly common to hear this kind of approach to illness and I’m not sure it’s always helpful.
Don’t get me wrong it can be vital to muster strength of will and fortitude when faced with a major health [...]

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When things don’t go according to plan…part 2 – Words from the #cgreenhouse event

February 8, 2011

If we are driven and ambitious in our business and bold about growing then getting it wrong from time to time is inevitable. At the Customer Greenhouse Conference last week I encouraged the participants to look for the gift in the challenge as a mechanism for more effectively dealing with set backs in advance of Liz [...]

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When things don’t go according to plan…words from the #CGreenhouse Event

February 8, 2011

It was a great pleasure to be invited by Liz Machtynger and Fiona Humberstone to contribute to their Customer Greenhouse event last week. The event, held at the great venue of Denbies vineyard and entitled Retaining Customers and Building your Tribe, saw some of the UK’s best experts in customer relations engaging and informing the [...]

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#AmovitaVitality: Think!

February 2, 2011

Do you like chocolate?
What’s your favourite kind?
I’m happy with most chocolate, but I really like the 70% cocoa rich dark stuff. If I’m having a really self indulgent day then a bar of galaxy goes down a treat, it’s such a great shape to fit into the curve of your mouth isn’t it?
Let’s take a [...]

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1st Feb could be the new 1st of Jan!

February 1, 2011

Have you had that experience of setting a goal, or New Year’s Resolution for that matter, and after a little while the enthusiasm just seems to peter out?
The idea that you were so fired up about and attached to at conception just sort of withers away into nothingness, to be replaced by a feeling of [...]

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It is not enough…

January 28, 2011

“It is not enough to have a dream,
Unless you are wiling to pursue it.
It is not enough to know what’s right,
Unless you are strong enough to do it.
It is not enough to learn the truth,
Unless you also learn to live it.
It is not enough to reach for love,
Unless you care enough to give it.” Samuel [...]

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Radiators and drains – not just a problem for plumbers!

January 26, 2011

Ever had that experience of spending time with someone and by the time you’ve left them you’re absolutely whacked?!
Some people just seem to have the ability to suck the very life force from us. You can’t always pin point exactly what it is that they do and you might not even notice until after they’ve [...]

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Slowing down can accelerate your business

January 25, 2011

Have you ever made a hasty decision that you live to regret? It’s easily done, when we feel pressured or overwhelmed we don’t often take the time to think things through. In business it can lead us to make daft and costly decisions. Our control of things can seem to slip out of our grasp when life [...]

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3 things to help you start living more authentically this year

January 22, 2011

In case you didn’t catch yesterdays blog post, I thought the final question posed by the lovely Sam New Fielding on our radio interview should have it’s own post… so here it is:
If we want to live more authentically what 3 things could we be focusing on as we go into this year?

Firstly, focus on your desires! Our authentic [...]

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Brooklands Radio interview – Authentic living

January 21, 2011

Today I was delighted to be asked by Sam New-Fielding to be a guest on her Mind Body Spirit radio show for Brooklands radio. I have known Sam for many years and as a fellow entrepreneur she interviewed me about a subject close to both our hearts, authentic living and why it’s relevant to us all. If you [...]