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Maddie’s Charity Cycle round India…Part 2

March 12th, 2010   By   Filed Under: Maddie's Blog

“The toughest day on the itinerary. 87kms in the desert, off roading and on big hill to finish.its been 38 degrees today.

We did 60 kms before lunch and then had a hill to finish the day, not just a hill, a mountain! Monkey mountain. Its a 3km stretch of climbing hair pin bends up a mountain – it was bloody tough but managed to make it to the top – this was partly because the mountain is swarming with unfriendly monkeys that want to pinch your water bottles.

Getting to the top has to be one of my most rewarding achievements and I cried all the way down with relief! Absolutely loved it and after today’s route know I can do anything. Camping again tonight in the mountains. Curry again….

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Yesterday was tough, we all pushed it too much finishing 3rd for the day but was shaking all over by the end. Went to a school and handed out uniforms, pens and books. I sat with the kids and they thought my name was money either that or they just wanted me to give them some, wishful thinking.

We have experienced more boisterous kids, I have been slapped twice but we have taken to slamming on the breaks and running for them and they run off scared.

Scenery is unbelievable! The colours are fantastic. Its easy from here, 60km tomorrow and 40km on the last day.

Already filled one memory card so be prepared for the slideshow!


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Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

January 22nd, 2010   By   Filed Under: Interesting, Weird and Wonderful

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams…

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Top tips for 2010…

January 14th, 2010   By   Filed Under: Uncategorized

As we enter the New Year, here are seven ways to overhaul your life.

1. Find your focus. A life overhaul is usually unnecessary and unrealistic. Establish priorities by imagining yourself a year from now, happy and fulfilled. How do you spend your time? How is it different from today? Identify changes that lay a path to the new way, and concentrate solely on them.

2. Speed through the cycle. For Gestalt psychiatrist Fritz Perls, making a change involves moving through four stages: doing, contemplating, planning and experimenting. Locate yourself in the cycle and take action to progress. Too busy ‘doing’? Take a day off to think. Aimless contemplator? Write a plan.

3. Break it down. Avoid paralysis by turning your long-term vision (‘I’ll make a success of this business’) into manageable, short-term goals (I’ll call 10 lapsed clients by the end of today’).

4. Up the pressure. Share your plan with colleagues, friends and family and ask them to keep tabs on your progress. Skipping a training course won’t be so tempting if your pride is at stake.

5. Remember why. Whether it’s the impulses you’re now satisfying (independence, challenge), the strengths you’re building (leadership, courage), or the passions you’re exploring (politics, the arts), there are reasons you made a change. When the going gets tough, don’t forget them.

6. Learn from the greats. Identify people who achieved what you want to and plot your path against theirs. Too late to change? Emulate Colonel Harland Sanders, who made his new start (and fortune) at 65. When a motorway development shut his service station, Sanders shunned retirement to secure investment in his fried chicken recipe – and KFC was born.

7. Think back. One you’ve settled into the new way, reflect on lessons learned. Write down how you overcame challenges, what skills you developed and how you’d do it differently next time. Use it to make future fresh starts swift and stress-free.

SOURCE::

http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/newsalerts/dailynews/news/975295/Route-Top-Seven-ways-fresh-start/?DCMP=EMC-Daily%20News

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Golden Times at Mash

June 16th, 2009   By   Filed Under: Mash in the Media

This is a great week down at Mash Towers. After 4 years of hard endeavour, thousands of hours of hard graft and a lot of standing on soap boxes and talking about how our industry needed to change, we have won our first GOLD award for excellence. The ISP Award for Service Partner of the Year 2009 is in recognition of our added value partnership with our client BMT and all of the dedication and focus that has gone in to delivering the hugely successful School Foods Trust campaign.

We are passionate advocates of great promotional staffing, disciples of excellence and real supporters of change through innovation in our sector. We are immensely proud to have been recognised with this award and want to thank all of our fantastic clients, partners who have had the foresite to allocate their staffing fulfilment to us as their specialists and work with us as partners rather than clients, thereby providing the dynamic that has enabled us to innovate and perpetually improve our product and service offering. We would also like to send a huge thanks to our wonderful book of brand ambassadors, our Mashers. Through their dedication and commitment to our business, they have enabled us to over deliver on our campaigns, raising the bar in staffing fulfilment and adding substance and credibility to our ‘excellence in staffing’ mantra.

Thank you one and all!

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Slow Down London

April 22nd, 2009   By   Filed Under: Interesting, Weird and Wonderful

Slow Down London Week is coming!

Slow Down London is a new project to inspire Londoners to improve their lives by slowing down to do things well, rather than as fast as possible. There are some great events on over the week encouraging people to look at our beautiful city in all its splendour and glory.

http://slowdownlondon.co.uk/category/events/

The Slow Down London campaign will hold a festival (24 April – 4 May 2009) offering activities and inspiration, through working with a range of partners. It will give Londoners a chance to explore slow music and arts, to try meditation and yoga, to sample slow food and crafts, to discover ‘slow travel’ in our own city, to debate ideas about time and pace, and to find our own ways to challenge the cult of speed and to appreciate the world around us. You can view the full event programme here:

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The campaign also hopes to create longer-term networks and opportunities for trying life at a slower pace and enjoying improved quality, creativity and wellbeing.

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