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Archive for September 2009

What Makes Life Worth Living?

Posted by: catalystonline on: September 23, 2009

I know that title sounds a bit flip, but I mean itin all seriousness as I came across a truly startling statistic this week. According to the World Health Organisation, around 1 million people die of suicide every year, the tenth largest cause of death globally. Awful enough, but what startled me was that more die by suicide than by any other type of violence, including armed conflict.

K.I.S.S PROCRASTINATION GOODBYE!

Posted by: catalystonline on: September 17, 2009

Have you heard of K.I.S.S? It’s much used in business and particularly in training, and it stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. Now I agree with ke K.I.S.S PROCRASTINATION GOODBYE! Have you heard of K.I.S.S? It’s much used in business and particularly in training, and it stands for Keep It Simple Stupid.

Now I agree with keeping it simple in principle – but calling me stupid isn’t going to help tackle procrastination

Posted by: catalystonline on: September 3, 2009

Self Publishing – Is it For You?

Today there are many options available to writers. The traditional publishers face challenges from self-published books, e-publishing and the web. You need to decide what is best for you, and your work. Once you have written something, you usually want other people to read it, whether that is just friends and family or a wider market. Finding the right place for your work means doing some initial research. These notes apply to all writers, both fiction and non-fiction and if you want to self-publish these are the key questions to ask yourself:



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  • babs: interesting thought. I feel that this can be because of childhood where a child is made to feel inferior and of little worth. As somebody who spent m
  • babs: I agreed that music can stir memories in a big way. when I ventured on a life history course music was very much to the fore and triggered so many mem
  • catalystonline: Thanks Marc - as I spend a lot of time speaking about and coaching people to write their life story I thoroughly recommend music for massaging the mem