Commentary, opinions, and personal views with MSP Columnist, Dawn Bates
Looking down at his face, I had this calmness wash over me. Everything started slowing down and I the noise around us disappeared. Sounds like the perfect wistful gaze into a romantic partners eyes, right? Wrong. I had never met this man before, and here he was turning blue, choking…
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Taking back control can mean a plethora of different things depending on who we are, where we were raised and the situation surrounding the control. At the moment with the fear that grips so many people around the world, there are a lot of people doing their absolute best to…
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In last month’s article I wrote about reviews and how celebrating mediocrity needs an ending putting to it, if we are wanting to become more evolved human beings. This month I was going to talk about how as a single person I feel it is about time the hospitality industry…
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Whether it is a competition, a restaurant review or feedback on our businesses, reviews and feedback are all part and parcel of the growth journey to greatness. Those of us with a growth mindset look forward to receiving feedback and reviews, no matter the rating we get. Why? Because it…
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Regardless of whether it is a game of crazy golf on the beach, going back stage at a concert, or working 1:1 with an influential leader in our chosen field of career advancement, we all need to pay to play at some point in our lives. For most of us…
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“More than meets the eye” is a very well known phrase around the world, regardless of which language it is spoken in. Speaking multiple languages and living the nomadic lifestyle, always on the outside looking in, you get to see and hear more than most people. It is both a…
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Today I am inviting you to come on a journey with me whereby we visualise the journey of someone who has had this yearning inside of them to write a book; but not just that, to ACTUALLY PUBLISH the book they have written. Now this person it could be you,…
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Learning has, and always will be a natural state of being, regardless of whether we do this on a conscious or unconscious level. Sitting in a classroom has long been the indoctrinated way of learning, and the preferred method implemented in the controlled distribution of information absorbed and the way…
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Consistency is more than a daily action. It is a way of being, a way of connecting all the dots together so what you project to the world, is deeply embedded in the way you do life. Take for example some of the people I have come across on my…
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It’s time. Time to stop messing about and take the next leap of faith in yourself, your team, and your vision, and whilst to some that may seem like a crazy idea because you have everything worked out, everything is never as it seems. And therein lies the challenge. You…
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