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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As I will soon to be out of work, I have been thinking of selling my comic collection, plus a car wheel and assorted clutter on eBay. I began collecting comics about eight years ago as I liked the artwork being produced. Some, I imagined, were masterpieces of drawing and inking skills. I like art, [...]
As I am soon to lose my job along with twenty other colleagues, it’s a good time to talk about office politics. I could, if I wanted to, mention names and events with impunity and by the time they read this blog I could be in Mexico. Office politics is now virtually non existent at [...]
Its been a few weeks now since myself and colleagues were told we were being made redundant. We are going through several emotional states, common also to loss of a loved one, break up of a loving relationship, etc. The first: DISBELIEF, A denial that it’s really happening, surely it’s a tasteless joke,…nah it’s real, [...]
When redundancies were announced at my company we were offered outplacement. That’s when a company is bought in to mentor the employees by helping in various ways, with tips on interviewing techniques, writing CV’s etc. A thick booklet was given out. I don’t think this 100 page master plan for preparing for a new working [...]
For many years I have been cruising along in my life. I have let events, like being made redundant four times, just happen and for me not learn from it. I guess I was just praying that my next job would be more secure than the last. One time, when everyone in my department was [...]
Just a few short years ago, John Thornhill, Master marketer, was working in a car factory. He spent his days doing a boring, repetitive job. He knew he had to do all he could (selling on eBay etc) to get out of there. Many years ago I also worked in a car plant, I too [...]
How could I stop my head from spinning!. I had downloaded so much free content, so many Newsletters, read alot on ‘Get rich quick’ schemes, in the end I couldn’t care less if I was passing up a chance to make a million by next Thursday! I had to take back CONTROL. First thing, I [...]
