Week 8 of John Thornhill’s Masterclass course has made some of us shudder in our tracks. We have had to choose a niche, so we could research that subject and write an ebook. Every week John provides all students a set of videos to guide us through that week’s work. This is the first week [...]
Just last week the President of The United States, Barack Obama, appeared on the Jay Leno Show. It’s a late night chat show with celebrities, politicians and occasionally animals, who upstage everybody! Beamed across America and shown in Europe, he was utilising the television medium to put his points of view across in a relaxed [...]
This week local councils in England and Wales have been given a list by the local government association. It’s a list of 100 words that should no longer be used in everyday dealings with the public. Apparently we find these words or phrases too confusing. I think they can be downright funny, maybe dreamed up [...]
Things are starting to come together in John Thornhill’s Masterclass course. It’s as if all the students have assembled in a virtual classroom, with our folders (blogs) under our arms. All about to show each other what we have achieved over the last few weeks. We even had a Webinar held by our tutor, John [...]
A few Summers ago I was digging up weeds in my back garden. I thought these were possibly alien weeds from Mars! I could sink my trowel deep into the soil and yank the weed out roots and everything. A few days later, it was back and had cloned itself, with more of them. As [...]
I’ve been home for over a week now, since I lost my job. I have, though, been busy doing stuff. The weird thing is, where did I find the time to do all this when I had a full time job? My days are full! My teenage daughter is telling me she is bored of [...]
Soon after finishing with my company through redundancy, I have had to ring up for an appointment at my local Job Centre. You do this if you are still unemployed and wish to claim a job seeker’s allowance. The advisor was asking so many questions I felt he was lining me up for a job [...]
You may think that’s a dumb statement, I am out of work but just writing this Blog has made me smile. I hope it works for you too! 1: You survived! You made it through the daily commute, the traffic jams, the near misses, your car is still in one piece and so are you. [...]
It was my last day at work on Friday, myself and several work colleagues were being made redundant. It was a bit of a strange day, I felt little emotion, although the last few weeks have been difficult. I had been on an emotional rollercoaster, the operator had jammed the controls to ‘ON’ and had [...]
