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Blog by Julian Summerhayes. 181 Words Creativity. Innovation. Change. We strive for something that takes us out of our comfort zone. Thinking outside…

Think … Think … Think … – Julian Summerhayes

Blog by Julian Summerhayes. 257 words. I make no apologies for the brevity of this post. Things come at you at a hundred miles an hour. You hardly ha…

Think Big ~ Your Success Manifesto – Julian Summerhayes

Blog by Julian Summerhayes. 390 words Reserved, cautious, status quo: The touchstone of (professional) practice. To think anything other than now, or…

Think Beyond the 80/20 Rule – Julian Summerhayes

Pareto still holds good as a general principle. But the trouble is for most firms they don’t look hard enough at why it is or what it is that determi…

Think … – Julian Summerhayes

“People find thinking to be difficult because civilization has never made any attempt to make things simpler.” Edward de Bono, Simplicity Think. Abou…

There’s no way back – Julian Summerhayes

â€œYou must go on. I can’t go on. I’ll go on.â€� â€• Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable In times of crises, we act. When everything’s fine, we don’t. And …

There is only this – Julian Summerhayes

“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and …

There is no future – Julian Summerhayes

“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on th…

There are no guarantees … – Julian Summerhayes

in life, any more than you should rely on social media to turn round your business. Having spoken a great deal on social media, all the questions I h…

The workplace of the future – Julian Summerhayes

Do you see it? What the workplace will look like in the next 10, 20 or 50 years time? Part of me hopes — more like prays — that it won’t exist. That …

The Why of Social Media – Julian Summerhayes

“Smart maketers have discovered that the old way of advertising and selling products isn’t working as well as it used to, and they’re searching aggre…

The week ahead – Julian Summerhayes

This one is going to be short. I started the week, again, full of passion for my personal development blog and business focused on the South West. I …

The unhappy lot of the lawyer – Julian Summerhayes

“It is useless to try to make peace with ourselves by being pleased with everything we have done. In order to settle down in the quiet of our own bei…

The unexpressed You – Julian Summerhayes

“If you can find interest, deep, genuine interest, in looking at yourself, struggling with yourself, changing your habits that don’t work, discoverin…

The unexamined life – Julian Summerhayes

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.” ― Marcus Aurelius It’s been said of me (often) that I go too deep. I wouldn’t deny it. But g…

The Ultimate Personal Development Guide – Julian Summerhayes

Over the Christmas period, I organised my library and separated out all the books that could be classified under the heading “Personal Development” (…

The Truth About Networking ~ It’s all in the follow Up – Julian Summerhayes

How many networking events have you been to in the last 3 months? 3, 5, 10? You usually approach the event in one of a number of states, but you tend…

The trap of busyness – Julian Summerhayes

“No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, …

The Trainee solicitor Mini-Manifesto in 1000 words – Julian Summerhayes

I haven’t timed the reading of this blog post, but it is exactly 1000 words. For me a Manifesto is more than a public declaration of policy. It is a …

The Three ‘Ps’ of Social Media – Julian Summerhayes

#1: Passion #2: Persistence #3: Purpose The Three Ps: General in their tone, but hard as hell to sustain. How many of you are truly passionate about …

The Temple of Wants – Julian Summerhayes

“Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.” ― Lao Tzu What is it we (constantly) seek? Happiness? Money? (Less) D…

The stories we tell ourselves – Julian Summerhayes

“The first step – especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money – the first step to controlling your world is to contro…

The stifling heat of money – Julian Summerhayes

There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little. ― Charles Bukowski This is St Mary’s Church, Totnes. Imagine how much it cost to …

The (sometimes) Sameness of Life – Julian Summerhayes

! Stuck in rut. ! One day feels like the rest. ! Oh, that Monday feeling. ! No time to enjoy the more delicious things in life. ! Work/life balance i…