“People try to put us down”. Roger Daltrey’s timeless opening line to The Who’s 1965 classic. The people in question are older generations, sneering and lecturing the young mods of the 60s. Tearing around on their Vespa scooters and blasting out rock music. It’s a tale as old as time, and the distaste shown in […]
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LinkedIn, for all its flaws, is a pretty good way to find new books to read. After a recommendation, I ordered ‘Never Split the Difference’ by Chris Voss, the leading FBI hostage negotiator for over 20 years. It’s a masterclass in negotiation tactics written by a man who literally negotiated with terrorists for the lives
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Hospitality is a unique industry. I am biased, but I truly believe that it’s one of the foundations of our society. It supports, and fuels everything around it, a bit like oil running through a car engine. The sandwich shop that feeds the workies their bacon rolls as the sun rises. The café that feeds
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Mindfulness, well-being, mental health, emotional welfare… words that we constantly hear being thrown around, but what does it all mean? And how is it more than just being happy? It can feel overwhelming to hear so much about how to keep our minds healthy, without a true understanding of how to exert this into our
It’s half past four on a Tuesday afternoon. The cursor on my screen blinks in the middle of a blank page. “I can’t think of a good blog topic”. “Why not get AI to write one for you?” My colleague laughs. I could. This could all be a façade. A scam. How would you know?
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