Matchsticks- Igniting Successful Futures : Web/Tech

Friday is my favorite days of the week and usually the busiest by far ! I think everybody must decide to feedback from any interviews that week or for some reason that is the best time for them to talk to me. Either way it always seems to end on a good note and I enter the weekend on a positive. So I decided that I would update my blog on Friday and spent a good two hours putting fingers to keyboard. After I had finished it I did the usual spell check and read it a few times to make sure it made sense ( not always convinced) and was just about to hit the publish button but decided to hit the arrow back button at the top of the page !! Bingo you guessed it !! the whole page disappeared. I tried all the usual things to retrieve the document and even sent a help ticket to typepad hoping they could help me in my hour of need...but no, nothing, not a sausage. I am not sure what I was more upset about, was it that one of my colleagues was doing a charity walk this weekend for cancer research and I wanted to help him get sponsors and exposure ? Or was it because I was really proud of the article I had typed and thought you would all have a giggle. Probably both !! So if you see a spelling error or the grammar is not to the usual standard, then I apologise but still in fear of owing the swear box another £17 and at 50p ago it's costing me a fortune....hitting save constantly now and using a dictionary.

I have added another book to the list on the side and suggest that if any of you leaders out there want to make a "real difference" to the way you lead people, then please go and buy the book. I am also very keen to recommend any books that you feel are worth passing on. Drop me an email as the subscription button is having a mind of it's own at the moment and I am not even going to attempt to fix it this week.

My referral scheme has taken off and two cases of wine on order this week already so please keep passing your colleagues and clients to me and I will fill up the wine rack for you. Remember that you don't have to have wine as I have a self development hamper on offer too !

Hope you all have an excellent week and I hope that David Nichols is recovering quickly from his " 40 mile walk" for Breakthrough cancer. This will be a tough challenge for David as he only walks" to and from his car " but I know he will have made it to the end.If you want to see what the walk was all about then please click on this link www.breakthroughweekend.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1000&px=1137039

The team at Matchsticks- www.matchsticks.biz

We have decided to take the plunge and finally stop talking about our news bulletins and put pen to paper ish!!!

Our aim is to furnish all our contacts and clients with some great news tips but also to invite you to feedback on some of the articles we are going to publish. I am a big fan of passing it on ! or pay it forward!!for those of you who have watched the film.

I read books endlessly and usually 3 at a time and as some of you know when I get a good one I can't stop raving about it. Just ask me about the monk who sold his Ferrari and I could write another book about how much I loved it.

Anyway I am sure you get our drift.......we will be updating our weblog twice a week and look forward to great feedback from all of you. Just as a side note Feedback is the food of kings and because of great feedback Matchsticks was born...be careful what you wish for !!

Speak soon

The Matchsticks Team

You have to read this

Barbara Cousins: Cooking Without
I used this book for 30 days and lost 10 llb, I have learnt so much about basic ingriedients and how to make a meal taste great without using pre made suaces. Hello Herbs and move over pasta sauces!! (*****)
Louise L. Hay: You Can Heal Your Life
Read , read and read again, If you are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed in your life. Relationships, Work, Success, prosperity, the body and the list is endless (*****)
Janet Davies: Rebuilding Your Life After Redundancy: The New Life Network Handbook
Having met Janet I can see why the book goes down so well. Janet has a real talent for taking the stigma and stress away from redundancy and makes the reader feel like they have been given a chance to change the direction of their working life completely with a few easy steps and actions...it does what it says on the tin!! (*****)
Nicholas Corcodilos: Ask the Headhunter: Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job
Although the book is American it really does help you prepare yourself for interview. I always suggest to candidates to use in preparation for the real interview. Nick Crocodilos has definately got the background to write this book and can really get inside the head of the interviewee (****)
T. Harv Eker: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
Very good read for all you out there preparing to make millions. Think Rich To Get Rich (****)
Robin Sharma: Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Robin Sharma has hit the nail on the head here as he describes one of my favorite values in life " manage by mind, lead by heart". It is a great book but don't expect to read it in one sitting as it encourages you to practice each step as you read it. (*****)
Tahi Raz: Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
If your a foodie like me then this book will give you an easy way to network. The stories are short and to the point and when put into real life they actually work....Go on buy a copy (****)