Michael Shane

I saw this report on the BBC News today and loved the results of the MI scan.  If you want to see the effect you can have on your own mind spend a few moments watching this report…… Mind you, I consciously chose not to listen to the reporter’s waffle as it was sending me [...]

Happy New Year one and all! So…. how’s the resolutions going?  Day 2…. 2012….. nicotine patch is itching….. ink on the gym membership card is nearly dry….. new trainers still in the box (but will be used when the card is dry!). This is the time of year when for no obvious reason (to me) [...]

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I’ve been loaned a great book of a brilliant friend and wanted to share a part of it with you today.  The book is called Satir Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Change in Families and is an account of the work of Virginia Satir, one of the most prolific therapists of the 20th Century.  [...]

 Social Media is growing at a phenomenal rate, in fact can anyone remember a time when a  mobile phone just made calls? A few years there were occasions when HR Teams would deal with the occasional infraction regarding drunken photos or strong opinions on Facebook. This caused many debates in the Management Team that I [...]

  My latest client this week was RayDuell.com and together we began to work on his Social Media Network. Ray has just stepped into self-employment as a Sole Trader. He’s built the website, designed the business card and now the time is right for him to use his Social Network to spread the news and let [...]

Here’s a brilliant piece of writing that I’ve come across and really made my afternoon. Work your way through the list and see how much you have already let go………. Check out the rest of Soul Hiker’s blogs as there’s some great stuff on there! Enjoy, Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]

 I was at a family function recently which was a great gathering of the clan. There were relatives that I see every week, ones that I see at least once a year and also the ones that I see once every major family gathering (every decade by my maths/memory). The party was going well, the [...]

I love reading and think that books and stories can be a great tool when training management, communication or sales. I revisited a great book today by an author called Nick Owen called the Magic of Metaphor and came across a story that I used to quote from.  This is a great story for those days…. [...]