http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Pam+Stokes Self Help Pam Stokes Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=102536&ca=Self+Help In the last few weeks, my son has moved in with us to start afresh, and one of my stepsons has just announced that after four years of being together, he and his lovely girlfriend are getting married - in two weeks time! If you've ever had that feeling of standing on shifting sand, you'll know how w... Marketing Pam Stokes Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=91779&ca=Marketing Networking is where you go along to an organised event. You meet lots of new people, exchange business cards and before you know it you've got some new business. OK, I know it doesn't usually happen that way. Let's rewind! Networking is where you go along to an organised event for the purpose of mak... Business Management Pam Stokes Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=94962&ca=Business+Management What a big subject communication is. I'm even having to divide it up for my blog because it's so big. The reason I'm writing about it at all is because of it's huge importance in every area of our life, and if you're running a business, it's essential that your communication skills are excellent. Wh... Marketing Pam Stokes Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=85991&ca=Marketing Restarting my business this year meant looking again at my marketing, which if I’m honest, was pretty abysmal before. Having decided to really go for it I have been putting together email campaigns, blogging, and networking online, and have started going to offline networking events too. If only all... Business Management Pam Stokes Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88347&ca=Business+Management I was listening to a report about our perception of time a while ago, which talked about our attitude to it and how it can make us feel stressed when we feel that we haven’t got enough. We are increasingly running our lives to a clock and can often feel enraged if we feel that someone or something i... Self Help Pam Stokes Sun, 06 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=81719&ca=Self+Help Stress management is a funny old thing. When you're not stressed you can do all the right things - eat properly, sleep well, exercise and relax etc. but as soon as you're stressed, things go completely out of the window, just as you really need to be doing them. Suddenly, you're a fast food junkie,... Advice Pam Stokes Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=79752&ca=Advice Goal setting can be a hit and miss affair. A lot of people never bother to set goals accepting what life has to offer, or they set unrealistic goals they’ve got no chance of reaching which then sets them up for disappointment. Some people deliberately don’t set goals as they perceive it to be too st... Self Help Pam Stokes Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=74809&ca=Self+Help We often hear that the way to overcome the perception that we haven’t got enough time to do our leisure activities is to schedule them into the diary so that’s what I did. If I also worked “smarter” I would make the time to fit in such things as the gym and piano practise – sorted! Well, not quite.... Self Help Pam Stokes Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=72710&ca=Self+Help “Here is Edward Bear coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he know, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it”. I’ve come... Self Help Pam Stokes Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=76001&ca=Self+Help A friend of mine had her birthday the other day and was very reticent about broadcasting it. In fact, I didn’t even know it was her birthday until we were drinking tea three hours after meeting up! Isn’t it funny how in your twenties and even thirties you relish your birthday, making sure everyone k...