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Productivity Maven

Learn to be Effective Working Out of the Office

In this age of ever increasing flexible working, we are often left to our own devices. Sure working from home sounds great but do you ever find yourself struggling to stay focused? There’s always more washing to do after all. As you move up in your career, there is less and less supervision so learning […]

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Independent Explorations

I Quit Sugar: Week Three’s Coming Out of the Woods

Things have calmed down considerably. No more rabid animal invading my body. My cravings are now psychological. The comfort of sugar. Or the pick me up when tired. But when I think of a packet of Raspberry White Chocolate cookies, I don’t salivate with desire anymore. I feel the teeniest twinge of feeling ill at […]

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Independent Explorations

Goodbye to the Sweet Stuff

I’ve just quit sugar.  Taken the plunge, signed up for an eight week program. There’s meal plans, shopping lists, support forums – the whole nine yards. I’m incredibly excited to make this change in my life (until the crash comes). I’m not overweight, I cook a lot of my own verge dense meals, I exercise. […]

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Maven Matters

Maven Matters: On the Lost Art of ConversationĀ 

Recently a colleague and I were lamenting the lost art of conversation. We’re certainly not the first people to notice the rise of superficial topics and attentions divided with a cellphone. But I ask you to m when was the last time you had a gloriously brain stretchy conversation? Do you miss it? I do. […]