P!nK sang about conversations with her 13-year-old self (from the album I’m not dead). It’s hard to remember exactly what I did and how I felt
Category: Growth
Gratitude: Top 10 Business Tips For Christmas – No 10
This month we are running with a great series of TOP 10 tips for your business survival for the traditional break, and on into the
Silence: Top 10 Business Tips For Christmas – No 9
This month we are running with a great series of TOP 10 tips for your business survival for the traditional break, and on into the
Holiday: Top 10 Business Tips For Christmas – No 2
H ~ HOLIDAY
Make sure you factor in some R&R into the holiday period. Some Business owners will use the “holiday” period as a perfect procrastination and distraction excuse to delve into tasks that were not meant for December, or that have been put on the long finger and have suddenly become urgent. Be aware of your limitations and be wary of “panic” setting in.
Charity: Top 10 Business Tips For Christmas – No 1
Hi there – Welcome to The Smart Train’s Top 10 Business Tips For Christmas, imperative for the survival of your business (and you!) This time we
How To Provide And Receive Effective Feedback
Feedback (sometimes referred to as positive criticism) is a process in which the effect or output of an action is ‘returned’ (fed-back) to modify the
How To Grow Your Business With The Right Mindset
Our guest post today is from Irish Coach Mairéad Kelly, tackling ‘head-on’ the current challenges felt by many working mothers who are trying to juggle work, home
Happiness In Three Steps
Happiness Step No 1 Feel Happy Happiness Step No 2 Be Happy Happiness Step No 3 Go back to Happiness Step No 1 🙂 How did
Looking in the wrong direction for happiness
Tunnel vision! Blinkers! Sound familiar? This can be a state of affairs when going through our daily grind. Focusing on just one thing. Mostly this
#SMEcommunity – Ireland’s Business Success Story
#SMEcommunity – an inspiring idea that “viraled” beyond belief in a tiny country that possesses a HUGE business community. Last year, I attended the #Birr2012
Merry Christmas from The Smart Train
Yes, it’s that time of year again!!! What a year it has been for The Smart Train. We have launched, blogged, tweeted, facebooked, and newslettered till we cannot type
Your Story doesn’t have to be hard. Try these 8 Tips
I was celebrating Hump Day today and catching up on my Social Media when I came across a very sad post from my colleague Mary Corbett. Her mum had passed away, and she had the intuition to accept the thoughts and challenges that came up for her during that difficult week.
A Valentines Day Message – A day to do what you love, a year to love what you do
I love what I do! I predominantly help others learn, grow and grow through their learning. They say that trainers and sales people have similar traits. One of them (they say) is that of a need for validation. I say they are right (whoever they are). I say nothing excites me more than someone having a light-bulb moment or someone just “getting it” after spending quality time with me as a Trainer or as a Coach (or both).
Business support is prolific in Cork
It began in Margaret Smith’s front room, and now we are moving to hotel premises and have regular great speakers every month, a fantastic website, facebook page, twitter account, a dedicated committee and up to Aug 2011 35 paid up members. I am confident that will increase rapidly as a consequence of the Nationwide Show this Wednesday.
Beat the Monday Morning Blues
Why should we dread Monday Mornings? Because we have done so traditionally. For some of us, it’s simply always been that way (similar to finding it difficult to get up in the mornings).
Is your Business getting its 5-A-Day?
Nutrition is often top of the list for a healthy mind and body. Don’t forget that if you run a business, it is also organic, growing, and in need of nutrition. Check to see if your business is getting its “5-a-Day”:
Love is in the air…
So what about those of us who are not involved romatically in the traditional sense? What do they do on Feb 14th? Words such as “cringe”, “hide”, “sabotage” and “rebel” are to be heard across the country. They rush past the shop windows full of romantic paraphernalia.
I have a dream…
How does it work again? Oh yes, you begin with a subconscious dream, it then moves into the consciousness (light bulb! time) and we suddenly realise a great idea. What happens then? We imagine the idea, then imagine no one else will think it’s a good idea. Or worse: they will laugh at, begrudge or reject the idea. So we keep it to ourselves and it never sees the light of day.
Life is a game – play it well!
The former Vice Chairman of Coca-Cola Brian G. Dyson wrote this. It was used as Georgia Tech’s Commencement Address in 2008. I share it with
Ride the Storm
“So how did you get on?” I asked tentatively. My [new] husband had just arrived back after a motorbike spin around County Cork last Sunday.