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Panic and fear about the coronavirus are causing a wave of overreaction to an epidemic with a low mortality rate but a huge danger for economic health. Read more → The post Panic, Coronavirus and Devastated Economies appeared first on Peter Wright.

Community, adult playgrounds and what next all came into my mind this week for different reasons. Why? because although they are all different topics they are interconnected. Let’s start with adult playgrounds, move onto community, ponder what’s next and then… Read more → The post Community, Adult Playgrounds – What Next? appeared first on Peter Wright.

Revitalize has been on my mind lately. It started with a conference I attended at the end of April. That was a conference to look at revitalizing declining church congregations, but it had some valuable lessons for our personal and business lives. Read more → The post Why We Should Revitalize Our Lives. appeared first on Peter Wright.

Risk. Something to be avoided at all costs? Or a vital ingredient for survival in a changing world? Read on to learn why risk is essential for Growth and Success Read more → The post Risk in a Changing World appeared first on Peter Wright.

Achievement and success are necessary to find happiness according to most gurus. In my experience, there is no clear correlation between material success and happiness. I have been well off financially and bankrupt, my happiness has been determined by my thoughts not my bank balance. Read more → The post Achievements, Goals, Gratitude and Happiness appeared first on Peter Wright.

Declining Performance was beautifully demonstrated to me twice this week. The first with the closure of a Toastmasters club I belonged to. The second my acceptance that I needed hearing aids. Read more → The post Declining Performance – Why we ignore slow changes appeared first on Peter Wright.

Detours have been a major influence in my life. By detours, I mean a departure from my intended path. Sometimes the detour has become the new path, a new journey. At other times it has been a temporary trip along… Read more → The post Detours, Destinations, Journeys and Goals appeared first on Peter Wright.

Success Adversity and momondays. Most stories in the media are full of inconveniences made out to be adversity. momondays stories are the real thing Read more → The post Success Adversity and momondays appeared first on Peter Wright.

Most people who hear about my experiences in Africa have no perception of what my life there was like. Their imagination does not stretch to my reality. Read more → The post Imagination, Perception, Reality appeared first on Peter Wright.

New technology is something I often blame for most of the sins of the modern world. That is unfair. My life is better in many ways because of some new technology. Read more → The post New Technology and Old Users appeared first on Peter Wright.

                Image courtesy of Master isolated images / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Linked In member Alan started a good discussion in the Small Business Accelerator group with the question “What happened to the salutation in emails?” That…Read more →

  Sugin Ong via Compfight Yes there really can be gold in a stable full of dirt. The metaphorical kind, not the kind that glitters, but it can be just as valuable. Here’s how I discovered my latest find. My…Read more →

Joan M. Mas via Compfight In a recent Toastmasters speech, the speaker used the term “Incidentally Descriptive” to relate how a 13-year-old girl had said she was “devastated”  by her boyfriend ending their relationship. Apart from being a memorable and…Read more →

  Elena Pérez Melgarejo via Compfight Podcasting has been getting a lot of exposure as an attention-getting evolution of ordinary blogging. That is understandable for several reasons: It’s still a bit of a novelty. We often have time to listen…Read more →

  miez! via Compfight   A gas (petrol for international readers)  station attendant was tragically killed in Toronto last Saturday when he attempted to stop a driver leaving without paying for $112 worth of gas (petrol). My sympathies go to…Read more →

  bluecinderella via Compfight Way back when I was in the corporate world and we had “Personnel” instead of “Human Resources” departments, I remember hearing the term “Attitude will always trump Aptitude”. It has proved to be correct time and…Read more →

          This post is a hard one to categorise, it’s a bit of marketing, a bit of motivation with a touch of creative thinking and perseverance thrown in. There is also an innovation (for me) which…Read more →

There are hundreds of experts out there with their own success secrets for bloggers, some are good, some not so good, many are common sense. Few have become successful as quickly as Michael Stelzner with his blog Social Media Examiner.…Read more →

mov02e2 Many people ask me what my life in Africa was like. It’s a long story and it will be published in a book, but not yet. I have posted a short version on my About Me page. My intention…Read more →