2018 first blog will be back on the week commencing 14/01/2018!

As 2017 is rolling away and you might be thinking of starting on your own in 2018, I hope this story inspires you to do it on your own: When Giles Drewett founded natural colours and flavours company Plant-Ex Ingredients,…

Two years ago, 17-year-old Yusra Mardini fled Damascus in a boat, then literally swam for her life when it began to sink (saving 19 fellow passengers in the process). A year later, she competed in the Rio Olympics. Yusra Mardini…

Despite a childhood that included poverty, being in care a number of times due to her mothers’ poor health and bunking off school, her enthusiasm for fashion led to her managing the flagship womenswear store of a national fashion chain…

How you spend your time could be the difference between dreaming about the life you want and actually getting it. Big or small, you should push yourself to do the things that bring you one step closer to greatness—even when you…

& INSPIRED MY LIFE MISSION I FIRST ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE AGE OF SEVEN. Distress in children is often perceived as bad behaviour rather than an expression of pain. As a teenager I was dismissed as a ‘drama queen’. Ashamed and scared, I didn’t…

More often, we don’t recognize our lives are locked on autopilot, run by our busy schedules, our Google Calendars, in place of our own person. This is dangerous. This is when you look up from your computer and realize half…

Top CEOs reveal the four qualities you should highlight on your CV to prove you’re a future leader (and your love of Twitter is one of them) CEOs have revealed skills leaders need to succeed in modern workplace People should…

Series: Incognito ​I can trace my sacking in my last job right back to a mistake I made in a previous role. I’d began my career at one of the world’s largest fashion houses. I loved everything about what I did…

    Study found if you embrace failure and negative emotions it makes you do better  Those told to think emotionally after fail put more effort into a similar task later  Those instructed to think rationally protected ego by saying…