If you’re wondering how to write a book that will “fly off the shelves” and bring you plenty of customers, you need to know the way a book browser decides whether or not to purchase a book. I have good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that, despite the cliche “you [...]

Typical interview questions and answers All example answers given below are generic and need to be localised to fit your experience of your own industry/profession. Standard question 1: What can you bring to Acme Plc? Refer to the job description, stress experience in the sector and the role. Experience is generally a positive thing but [...]

During your presentation your audience will often want to ask you questions. You must expect and encourage questions. This can be the tipping point in your presentation that moves them to think or do what you are proposing. If this is so important to your success then you need to be well prepared for the [...]

The expression “fail to prepare, prepare to fail” was never truer than in the interview situation. In my experience thorough and focused preparation will get the candidate over 50% of the way to a job offer before they even walk into the interview. Follow the advice below to ensure you are comprehensively prepared. Company research [...]

Learning that your child has Dyslexia can be both a negative and positive experience. Of course, the negative part is because you know that you have a lot of hard work ahead of you. Anyone with Dyslexia is going to take more time, effort and patience to help than other people. However, the good news [...]

I’m a big fan of business skills training of all kinds and I welcome every opportunity to take part in courses, seminars and webinars on all sorts of areas. I’ve done days on social media at E-Consultancy, one-on-one training on SEO, Perry Marshall’s PPC course and all sorts of other training courses and products including [...]

As a reader, you’ve doubtless experienced the following frustration. A big, thick report lands on your desk or a massive Word attachment drops into your email inbox. Most of its content is irrelevant to you, but there are several key points you do need to know about. You head to the appropriate chapters or sections [...]

I’m writing a blog about how to use correct grammar and will, no doubt, get caught using incorrect grammar myself. If you do find something wrong in this or any of the blog posts please feel free to point it out in the comment section. I’m not always grammatically correct and I often question whether [...]

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan The poem finally goes into the fourth and last part where the differences become even more apparent. The most obvious difference between the two version is omitting the second stanza in the final revision. The second stanza basically describes the Lady’s cloths that she is wearing as she enters the [...]

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan “The Lady of Shalott” by Lord Alfred Tennyson has long been subject to criticism from many sources. Scholars have often debated on the meaning behind the poem, suggesting it deals with everything from the concept of the artist’s need for isolation, to the fair maiden principle of entrapment. No matter [...]

If you’re wondering how to write a book, there are other questions you want to ask yourself before you get started, and here’s why. Because… Various studies over the years have shown that 80-83% of Americans want to write a book. Of those who do, it is a tough market. The author’s dream is often [...]

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan “And then in a single day and night of misfortune the Island of Atlantis…was swallowed up by the sea and vanished.” -plato Before any of the major civilizations had even begun to develop, there was one civilization that had already discovered the power of flight, had an advanced knowledge of [...]

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan American Romanticism is a poetry movement starting in roughly the turn of the 19th century and ending in about 1860. American Romanticism which ran from 1798 with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge to 1832 when the first reform Bill of England was Passed. The American Romantic [...]

You have a few seconds to engage your audience at the beginning of your presentation. What should you do to ensure a successful opening to your speech? How can you start your speech with greater success? Imagine that you are at NASA mission control. The launch countdown echoes in your ears: 10, 9, 8, 7, [...]

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan The legend of the Holy Grail is one of the most debated legends from medieval times. It is surrounded with famous political figures such as King Arthur and his knights, the Knights Templar, several Popes and other religious affiliates, as well as the Christian icons Jesus and God. Despite these [...]