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Archive | September, 2009

Will You Join Me on This "Must Attend" Swine Flue Worshop?

- Are you confused (and ANNOYED) about swine flu because of all the conflicting messages you keep getting? - Do you want to relax and keep going with your life but don’t know how because of all the hype around the disease? - Are you worried about your children and want to find ways to prevent them [...] [...more]

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How Zen-Do Helped This Boy Get Rid of His Bully

Here’s a wonderful testimonial from Elham Al-Faris regarding her Son, Sultan Abdulkarim.  Sultan used something he learnt in Zen-Do to stop a bully.  The thing is he didn’t even have to get physical!  Read her letter to find out more: My son Sultan has always been a gentle soul. He never fights with anyone. That is [...] [...more]

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Two Powerful Marketing and Sales Lessons from The City Centre Mall

I don’t usually write much about marketing and business on this blog.  I write business articles for a publication here in Bahrain, and elsewhere.  But a consulting client urged me to write more on the blog as they thought others might benefit.  And it would allow me to write more about a topic I’m passionate [...] [...more]

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Eid Musings (2009)

Well Eid is over and, more importantly, so is Ramadan.  I love Ramadan, but I don’t miss it when it’s over!  The first two weeks are okay, but the second half is really tiring.  My system really got messed up this year.  I do the opposite of what most people do.  I don’t sleep late [...] [...more]

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Eid Mubarak!

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The Power of Mind Mapping

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on my seven favourite productivity tools.  Today I want to talk about the power of mind mapping, another tool I like to use frequently. Mind maps were invented by a guy called Tony Buszan.  You can read more about him here.  According to his website a mind map [...] [...more]

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Why I Sent My Hashish-Smoking Friend This Email Nine Years Ago

It’s funny how you re-discover things sometimes.  The other day I was searching frantically through my computer files trying to find some notes I made on a charity I’m doing some work with.  I was getting really frustrated because I couldn’t find the document, and the search function on my Mac wasn’t working properly since [...] [...more]

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Why This 50 Year Old Father Loves Zen-Do

I always tell people “if you can walk, then you can learn Zen-Do kickboxing.”  There’s no age limit.  At Zen-Do Bahrain we teach people from as young as three years old to… well there is no upper age limit.  If you can still walk, then you can learn it. Here’s what Salah AlRafeia says about his [...] [...more]

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Thirteen Signs That a Child is Being Molested

Before I start listing the signs that a child might be molested, I want to reiterate this point.  Child abuse and molestation does happen, and – Heaven forbid – can happen in your own home.  Just because we live in an Arab and Islamic country, it does not mean it does not happen here.  Just [...] [...more]

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