http://www.bluepeapod.com Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:29:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tyrannical leadership is an option, although not generally advocated in this day and age. Authoritarian is a softer word and then there’s controlling.  Aah the beauty of the English language, what a difference a word makes.   So what do these tyrannical, authoritarian, controlling leaders have in common – well a view ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/70/authoritarian-leadership/ Came across this interesting article in the Boston Globe where psychologists from Princeton found that certain face shapes / features are interpreted as more trustworthy than others.  So just by looking at someone we make unconscious decisions as to whether to trust them or not.    http://www.bluepeapod.com/69/is-trust-in-your-facial-features/ In prior generations, workers in their 50s were either enjoying the final years in the executive suite or counting the days until back-breaking manual labor was over. The over 50 workers were busy planning retirement, buying fishing gear, checking out motor homes and looking at retirement in Spain. Look again - ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/68/career-planning-after-50/ I was having lunch with a friend recently and, two mouthfuls in to the sandwich, she proclaimed it was excellent.  The excellent part apparently was the taste, texture and visual appeal.  Then another friend was talking about her views on the excellent and not so excellent garden centers around Cheshire.  ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/54/what-is-excellent/ The first 2 letters of GOAL spell GO – Anon Only 148 days to go to the end of 2008, today you are investing in you 218th day of the year.  Interesting if not slightly scary thought.  So how are you making progress with the goals you set yourself, either personally ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/52/the-impact-clutter-has-on-your-goals/ According to a recent survey  83% of London's City workers will be taking their Blackberry on holiday with them.  A quarter are going to check their email and a third take their laptop.  This year whilst on holiday I noticed several people every night gathered around their laptops in the free WiFi ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/57/holidays-no-longer-a-time-for-relaxation/ We were out with friends at the weekend, and having already done a bit of light shoe appreciation, a little later in the night we indulged ourselves discussing our shoes in more detail and swapping favourite shoe shops.  We all have ways of expressing our self image, be it a tie, socks, ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/56/shoes-handbags-and-gladrags-or-ties/ Out there in the garden called life we see success and greatness all the time.  What we don't often see is what it takes to get there.  With programs like X Factor we could be seduced in to thinking that you show case your natural talent, get a lucky break, appear on ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/9/fancy-instant-fame-in-a-bottle/ How many books do you get to read every month?  And are they the sort you should be reading.  I've always been a bit of a bookworm and I appreciate not everyone finds it a pleasure to read.  The one thing I have noticed in my choices, is that over the ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/47/you-are-what-you-read/ I started reading Stuart Wilde books about 9 years ago.  Over the years I've been steadily collecting them.  I love the content and I also enjoy his writing style.  The book I'll be re-reading this summer is this one, Infinite Self.  I'm not going to say what it's about or why I think ... http://www.bluepeapod.com/10/infinite-self/