Did you hear the one about the German with a sense of humour…
Starting a business for the first time is an obstacle course wherever you do it. When you do it in another country and culture it’s more like trying to negotiate your way on stilts, blindfolded, across a rickety rope bridge above a volcanic lava flow. I started my business in Germany. Fortunately, I speak German [...]
“I hereby resign my position”
That’s just what Nixon wrote allegedly when he quit his post as president! A bit brief as they come, short and to the point but as letters of resignation go, not really to be recommended. Being unhappy at work,and knowing you are not respected or valued for what you do are often key factors in [...]
40 Tips on how to work successfully with your partner
Working with your partner is not necessarily an easy thing to do. Before you start you need to set out some ground rules to make things clear about how you will work together. Even the most suited and happiest of couples can disagree over finances, working practices and family because men and women work in [...]
Writing funny – deliberately, or by accident.
The dangers of women trying to be funny have already been discussed here, but in spite of all the warnings, some of us keep on trying. I went to the same school as Victoria Wood, and was exposed to her humour long before the rest of you. I was in the first year when she [...]
Women using humour: does it work for public speaking?
After the recent and somewhat controversial post on here about women and humour, I said I would follow up with some thoughts culled from one of my books (Wedding Speeches For Women) on the differences in the ways women can use humour effectively – as opposed to how men do it. In that earlier post [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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