Were you taught, as I was, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Bad advice I’m afraid. Twentieth Century advice at best. Or perhaps at its worst! Bill Gates of Microsoft fame was asked in the late ’90’s, did he fear the big companies – such as the AOLs and the Intels – that could…
I am not a die hard rugby fan – let me say that from the outset – however, living as I do in Munster, I have oftentimes gotten happily caught up in the magic of Thomond Park, and despite hailing from Dublin, whenever I’m there, I wear red in full support. And whilst I’m not…
“Three minutes to doors!” I remember saying this loudly and firmly (never in a panicked way, despite what I might have been feeling) on many’s the occasion in an attempt to hurry both tech and on-stage talent to assume their pre-show positions when we ran Theatre at the Savoy in Limerick a number of years…
I’m sure you are more familiar with ending the title phrase, anything worth doing is worth doing well! And whilst that is true, the reality is most of us start a thing badly – badly that is, until we learn to do it well. Procrastination and perfectionism go hand in hand. ‘Today’ is the tomorrow…
#CoffeewithColm #CoffeewithAlan #itsallGUJI This week, I interviewed Alan Andrews, creator of The Old Barracks Coffee Roastery, Birdhill, Co. Tipp, LIVE, in his latest venue, GUJI Boutique Coffee in Nenagh Co. Tipp. COB: Hi folks, welcome to another Coffee with Colm, coming LIVE from GUJI Boutique Coffee in Nenagh Co. Tipp, where I interview Alan Andrews,…
Back in March I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sinead Kane, PhD, BCL, LLM, Lawyer, International Speaker, Blind Adventurer and Consultant (Phew!) over a delicious cup of Bewley’s Coffee in my old alma mater, Bewley’s Café on Grafton St. in Dublin. In March we broke it up into three parts and not everyone…