Managing the fear of change

Inspiration from a great post Do you ever read other people’s content and your brain starts working? That happened to us this week, as we were sorting through our social media posts we came across this awesome post by Mark Shaefer. He spoke about a recent talk at an event he attended, the subject was…

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World Book Day meets business

Once a year, in the UK we celebrate something called World Book Day. It’s a promotional holiday aiming to get kids to read more, run by the charity World Book Day. It’s a fabulous premise that sees kids foregoing their usual school uniforms and turning up dressed as their favourite characters from books. But why…

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Why is reflection important?

January always strikes me as one of the most reflective times of the year.  Spending time in December creating new goals and then jumping into them full throttle in January is pretty standard for most people. Compounded by my birthday falling directly in the middle of it, reflection is something that I find myself doing a…

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Identifying your goals for the new year

Goal setting is a really important part of December/Jan for us here at Avidmode. Like a lot of people, the reflection bug grabs us and forces us to take a look at what we have done through the year. We all know that setting goals is something that is good for business and also good…

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Eight ways to exceed expectations

It’s finally October, quite possibly the most magical and sometimes spooky time of the year. For this weeks post, we’ve decided to pay homage to one of our favourite fantasy books: Harry Potter! If you’re a big fan of the series, the first thing that will come to your mind when seeing “exceeds expectations” is…

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An introvert’s path to networking: falling off the wagon

Late last year, we moved to Maidenhead — a town some thirty or so miles outside London — and that was all it took for my networking habit to reset back down to zero. It fell over and died. And, as an introvert, once I fall out of the habit of doing it, I will…

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