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Opinion

Jul 14, 2010 Opinion

Please go away, Superwoman

by Leah Gibbs

I have written about guilt before, and this is probably somewhat of an extension of that. Asking for help used to be something only men weren’t very good at: help broadly, but more specifically, directions of course. But now, I think the disease has spread. I cannot, CANNOT ask for help, and even if I [...]

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Jun 29, 2010 Opinion

Forty winks? That’s just greedy

by Leah Gibbs

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have been suffering intense sleep deprivation in the past four weeks. But the funny thing is, I have never felt more alert. After dragging myself sluggishly and reluctantly through the initial few days of little sleep, I suddenly hit my stride: as though my system realised, with a [...]

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May 20, 2010 Opinion

Internet Leeches, Get Original, Get A Life

by Leah Gibbs

When people steal your ideas, it is always frustrating: when this theft threatens your business, reputation and everything you have worked for, it is terrifying, unjust, and enraging. Makes my blood boil. Much has been written about both sides of the internet, the good and the bad. The bad? Internet predators, leeches, scammers, false information, [...]

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May 16, 2010 Opinion

Motivation creation

by Leah Gibbs

The other day, I just stopped caring. I had had a bad week, with a range of things conspiring to get me down, and as I made my essential morning coffee, I realised: I do not care. I couldn’t be bothered, I just had one of those days. I didn’t care about my work, the [...]

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May 10, 2010 Opinion

Sexing it up

by Leah Gibbs

Sex sells, so they say. And even if they didn’t say, the proof is in the pudding – ads for things as mundane as coffee and cleaning products generally have a writhing, pouting princess or macho man somewhere in the ad campaign, and even newsreaders are starting to look like glamour models. Everything needs to [...]

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May 6, 2010 Opinion

I had forgotten

by Leah Gibbs

I had forgotten, until recently, the little games that your mind can play on you when you have a pile of work to do. Not exciting work – I’m talking about the dry stuff we all have to trudge through to keep our businesses afloat, keep our numbers up to date, and so on, not [...]

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Apr 23, 2010 Opinion

When things get stuck in your head

by Leah Gibbs

It used to be annoying, but it never made me doubt my sanity, or my path in life. When songs or noises got stuck in my head I knew why they were there, and that probably most people on the train, in the street or at the office had a similar irritating jingle floating around [...]

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Apr 23, 2010 Opinion

Smooth Interview – Thanks to my botox

by Sally-Anne Blanshard

I was amazed to hear on the news the other day that some people are getting botox in their quest for a more youthful appearance and ultimately a new employment contract. With the rise in unemployment globally, largely due to redundancies, more and more individuals are looking for the same jobs and there is an [...]

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Mar 19, 2010 Opinion

The great e-mail dilemma: who should ‘hang up’ first?

by Leah Gibbs
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I love e-mail. I am a better e-mail chatter than a real life-chatter a lot of the time. But I’m always troubled by how to end the e-mail conversation.

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Mar 5, 2010 Opinion

Of gratitude, generosity and happiness

by Leah Gibbs
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At the risk of coming off all Pollyanna, happiness and gratitude for the life we are blessed with in this country, this town, this house, this week are what I’m feeling this week.

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Mar 4, 2010 Opinion

We interrupt your regular program … Gen Y is taking over

by Verity Twydale
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Lookout! My Gen Y friends and I are taking over. As all those hard-working, responsible Baby Boomers retire, us Gen Y’ers will become the dominant force in the workplace

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