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5 hours ago

The Two Things I Wanted to Be

Well, maybe not both of them… You’re probably expecting me to say wildly wealthy and impossibly good-looking. But I’m not going to. When I was a boy, I wanted to be two quite separate things: an airforce pilot and a farmer. Neither of these career options was a result of…

Pilot

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The Two Things I Wanted to Be
The Two Things I Wanted to Be
Pilot

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1 day ago

Dining Under the Gaze of a Thousand Animal Eyes

A hotel restaurant meal with an uncomfortable difference… The whole strange episode began when Dick and I pulled into the dusty hotel car park one hot September afternoon and noticed that ours was the only car there. We were on a business trip to that part of France’s Bordeaux wine…

France

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Dining Under the Gaze of a Thousand Animal Eyes
Dining Under the Gaze of a Thousand Animal Eyes
France

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2 days ago

How I Make the Good Life in France Happen for You

What goes on behind the vacation brochure. Picture this — it’s a hot summer’s day in a small town in France. On the terraces outside cafes and restaurants people are enjoying a leisurely lunch. Apart from the diners, the streets are deserted. I’d love to be one of them —…

France

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How I Make the Good Life in France Happen for You
How I Make the Good Life in France Happen for You
France

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2 days ago

How to Come Up With a Winning Business Idea

Don’t underestimate how important it is to have the right idea. So, you want to be your own boss. You’re thinking of starting a side hustle or small business. How can you come up with a good business idea? Well, here are a few suggestions: Don’t do something just because you ‘like’ it I like drawing cartoons but…

Business Ideas

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How to Come Up With a Winning Business Idea
How to Come Up With a Winning Business Idea
Business Ideas

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4 days ago

Is Nostalgia Good for You?

The pros and cons of harking back to the good old times. What does the word ’nostalgia’ mean to you? If you are the Cambridge Dictionary, nostalgia is a ‘feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past’. The dictionary definition makes…

Nostalgia

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Is Nostalgia Good for You?
Is Nostalgia Good for You?
Nostalgia

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4 days ago

7 Tips for Thinking Up Creative Ideas

Techniques to help you come up with creative ideas for your business. What are some of the ways you use to help you come up with ideas? Have you ever used any of these? Funny ideas Sometimes thinking up a silly or funny idea may just trigger one which is actually sensible…

Creativity

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7 Tips for Thinking Up Creative Ideas
7 Tips for Thinking Up Creative Ideas
Creativity

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6 days ago

Why AI Does Not Excite Me

Sure, it’s smart but it does not give me the same buzz that I get from actually creating something myself. I’ve been playing with AI for a while and I have to admit that some of the stuff you can do with it is clever. …

Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

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May 29

Does a Solopreneur Need a Business Plan?

Even solopreneurs and side hustlers need a business plan. After all, big enterprises have business plans so why shouldn’t you? The difference is a solopreneur does not need a massive multipage document with appendices. In fact, you don’t even need to write it down (though that may help you). …

Solopreneur

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Does a Solopreneur Need a Business Plan?
Does a Solopreneur Need a Business Plan?
Solopreneur

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May 28

How Can You Test a Side Hustle Idea?

So, you have an idea for a side hustle and you can’t wait to go ahead and make it happen. But before you do, pause for a moment and read this article. I was like you. I had what I thought was a great side hustle idea. Nothing was going…

Side Hustle

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How Can You Test a Side Hustle Idea?
How Can You Test a Side Hustle Idea?
Side Hustle

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May 27

Why Advertisers Should Ask For Our Permission

‘Advertising is an invasion of personal privacy’. So said the famous boss of an advertising agency. He went on to say: The first thing we ought to demand from advertising or indeed from any message directed toward us is that it get our permission before speaking That it not collar…

Advertising

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Why Advertisers Should Ask For Our Permission
Why Advertisers Should Ask For Our Permission
Advertising

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Chris Smith

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Freelance marketer and writer of various things for clients.

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