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Stop writing for Yourself

Blog by Julian Summerhayes. 629 words. First of all, accept that it in order to command your space, you will not leverage your brand by recommendatio…

Stop what you are doing and … FOCUS. – Julian Summerhayes

Our sensory acuity is under attack like never before. Social media is hardly helping as one new platform emerges right on the heels of another. And t…

Stop taking social media so seriously – Julian Summerhayes

For God’s sake, lighten up. When I look at some of the stuff that’s pumped out across social media, I question whether people actually believe what t…

Stop running – Julian Summerhayes

“Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” ― Jiddu Krishnamurti Most people proceed on auto-pilot. They would love there to …

Stop reading success books – Julian Summerhayes

“Listen to your being. It is continuously giving you hints; it is a still, small voice. It does not shout at you, that is true. And if you are a litt…

Stop putting things off – Julian Summerhayes

It’s Monday. So what! You know what lies ahead: The work that comes through slogging it out until Friday. If you are anything like me, as a lawyer, I…

stop looking for all the answers – Julian Summerhayes

Questions Questions. and still they come How can we become more profitable? How can we differentiate our offering? Why do we carry on business in thi…

Stop chasing shadows – Julian Summerhayes

“Do anything, but let it produce joy.” – Walt Whitman We lurch from crises to crises, stressed to the hilt. (So much to do. So little time to do it.)…

Stop breaking promises to yourself – Julian Summerhayes

How many times do promise yourself that you will change? Do more exercise. Work less, and spend more time with the family. Drink less. Start doing th…

Stop. And focus. – Julian Summerhayes

These words will mean nothing to you. They’re just words, right? But if you dig around a bit, you’ll find that they appear regularly in the writings …

Still feeling my Way – Julian Summerhayes

“Be. Drop becoming.” Osho My apologies for the radio silence. As you may have seen, my blog was hacked and, as a result, I had no access for several …

Staying curious – Julian Summerhayes

Staying curious isn’t to be underestimated. If you ask someone if they’re curious, the reply is always in the affirmative. But are they (or us)? One …

starting over – Julian Summerhayes

“I’m being destroyed by too much thought, too many notions, too many oracles, too many dictates, too many laws, too many dos and don’ts. I’m being de…

Begin with the end in mind

Blog by Julian Summerhayes. 572 words. This message is hardly new. Indeed, for those aficionadosÂ of Stephen R Covey this message chimes with Habit #…

Start a blog – Julian Summerhayes

Google has announced that it’s killing off its RSS service, Google Reader. I’m sure something will come along to replace it. If you do maintain a blo…

Standing up for nature – Julian Summerhayes

“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and une…

Standing on the social media e-d-g-e – Julian Summerhayes

I am, to put it mildly, fed up. Fed up with the number of people who say: I don’t get this social media thing; I am on LinkedIn but I don’t know what…

Squeezing the creative juice out of business – Julian Summerhayes

How many times do you hear the word ‘innovation’ mentioned in the same breath as ‘growth’ or something bearing on the change agenda? It’s axiomatic t…

Spiritual leadership – Julian Summerhayes

Google the term, and there’s a lot written. So far as I can see (not exclusively — I stopped after the first few pages), it’s focused on bringing a J…

Speculate to Accumulate – Julian Summerhayes

It’s as old as the Hills. If you want to develop your business, you have to spend money doing so – spend £X, you get £Y in return. But, an idea? How …

Specific to General – Julian Summerhayes

As a lawyer, in private practice, I prided myself on the depth and volume of my reading. It wasn’t a case of one-upmanship, but, rather, wanting to g…

Speaking up at work – Julian Summerhayes

“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.” ― Jack Kerouac,…

Speaking | Julian Summerhayes

I love to speak. I know that sounds a tad pompous, but it’s the truth. I’m never more at home than when I’m sharing my love of social media, business…

speak your mind – Julian Summerhayes

imagine it letting rip of everything that shows up rambling excursions of another kind. but we don’t we speak in shades of mediocrity vacous, meaning…