In his illustrious boxing career, the late and very great Mohamad Ali was recorded as being officially knocked down (that is taking a count) four times. Once was early in his career when he failed to take Henry Cooper seriously and was sat on his pants by Henry’s...
It was Martha Jane Cannary (better known as Calamity Jane) who remarked “If a girl wants to be a legend she should go ahead and be one.” The England woman’s football team certainly proved the truth of the statement made by a pioneering...
Douglas McGregor, writing over 60 years ago in his pioneering book “The Human Side of Enterprise”, stated that “Most teams are not teams at all, but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the other for power,...
Above are two very different woman – both sadly now dead. One a Royal Princess, the daughter of an Earl, the former wife of the UK’s heir apparent, mother to two royal sons, who spent most of her adult life moving in the circles of the rich and famous pursued by the...
“Push past the Iceberg!’ That was the advice of our rafting guide as this black grit covered monster challenged our path down the Alsek River in Alaska. He didn’t need to add the words “Quickly!” We were ten days into a trip down the Alsek River from the Yukon...
It was the famous motivational speaker Zig Ziglar who remarked that ‘It is your attitude, not your aptitude that will determine your altitude!’ Is this statement motivational hyperbole or the truth? What exactly can attitude do for us? I propose looking at the...
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