Category Archives: Up Close & Personal

Going Through A Dry Spell?

...with blogging, I mean, in case you're wondering ;-) I certainly am - as you've probably noticed if you read this and/or the LI blog. It's actually not just because I'm short on inspiration nor pushed for time... It's more to do with the fact that I get into my blogging flow by blogging about things going ...

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Partners In Business And Life: 4 Tips For Making It Work As Copreneurs

Jonathan and I have just had a huge argument - shouting and screaming at top voice (me), huffing and puffing with long silent periods (him). What were we arguing about? That age old chestnut...money. We both have very different approaches to money - both earning it and having it. Me? I'm a saver. Him? He's a ...

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If You Don’t Treat Yourself Well And Make Yourself Happy…

...then why should anyone else and who else will? Quick post to say "thanks" for putting up with completely off-topic posts (at least when it comes to 'Success rocks!') over the past few weeks/months and that things will now be back on track here having finally got my life back. Went for a facial and hot ...

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When Saying No Means Saying Yes

Do you feel intensely uncomfortable saying "no" to people? Yeah, me too usually. It's often because saying "no" means creating conflict and whilst I'm one of the most argumentative people I know (I love arguments - ahem, sorry "discussions" - just ask Jonathan), I don't often like saying "no" to people and disappointing them. Lately though I've ...

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Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Image credit: starfire

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Work Life Balance in Management Consulting. No Chance.

Long time no blog...and I'm exhausted. After twice working past midnight this week and with a full weekend of work ahead of me, it's a good job there's only 3 weeks of this project left otherwise I might just kill someone. This experience is a far cry from the work/life balance promise of my temporary employers ...

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How We Keep Clients Happy – A Husband and Wife Tag Team

Alongside the challenging project for my job recently, at Kinetiva we've also been working with several challenging clients who've been keeping us on our toes. [Quick update on the challenging project: Only a few more weeks to go (4.5 to be precise) and the previously difficult client is transformed. Chit chat, suggesting dinner together and ...

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If I Ever Consider Coming Back to Consulting…

...please shoot me! This is a quick drive-by post to say that no, I haven't disappeared from here but on account of several late nights this week having to get some deliverables out of the door and to a client, I am officially exhausted and my eyes are in pain! Hopefully after a weekend of working on ...

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Back To Form…And How

She's back, yes you can't keep her down for long...even with a stomach parasite, multiple mosquito bites (how on earth?!?...it's winter here), a new full-time job and running another business. Yet despite all of this, I'm out of my funk and back on fighting form...and about bloody time, if I do say so myself. First of ...

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