by Mark Donovan | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
It is September 1985, I have just finished my shift in Butterkrust bakery where I am serving my bakery apprenticeship. I feel really apprehensive and very nervous. I am cycling into Dublin City Centre for my first class in night school for accountancy. I have long...
by Mark Donovan | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
We will never accomplish anything unless we start taking control of our own future. The key is self-responsibility, we can’t do this until we first develop an understanding of the victim cycle. Think about it, do you have an attitude of always denying that it’s your...
by Mark Donovan | Aug 7, 2020 | Uncategorised
It’s 1874 and you have just invented something you feel is really special. After hi-fiving your colleagues, you head down to Western Union, the greatest communications company in the world and show your work. Despite your excellent pitch and this was a century before...
by Mark Donovan | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorised
I was working recently with a company on an employee engagement project. At one of the breaks, a first-line manager came up to me and said that he hated working in the company. I asked him if he had spoken to his boss about this, he said this would make no...
by Mark Donovan | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
There is so much doom and gloom at the moment! We hear on a daily basis, will this ever end! Life will never be the same again. Why not ‘be the optimist in the room’? Optimism is not just a mindset, it’s a form of behaviour that guides everything we do. It can be...
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