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		<title>Why Working Memory Is So Important</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/03/why-working-memory-is-so-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Memory

A while back I saw a TV program about Tony Buzan working with some 13-year-old children at a school. He had asked for the worst students, those who were performing poorly.
In the two part series he took a group of about a dozen of these children and, quite simply, transformed their lives.
My most striking memory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Ever Bullied Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/02/240/</link>
		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/02/240/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bullies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Difficult People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have You Bullied People?
Last week there were reports of bullying by our Prime Minister,
Gordon Brown. One report I heard was of a security guard being
bullied when the PM hit the back of his seat. I didn&#8217;t hear all the
details of this, but it sounded as though this was in a car.
I was called in to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Question</title>
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		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/02/a-good-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

In our village we carry out various fund-raising activities
often for local charities and also for our church roof (yes, really).


It was at one of these events that I ran the bar. As an experienced
barmaid (a long time ago but I can still remember what to do) I felt I was well
qualified.


So there I was with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Your Top Priority?</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/02/what%e2%80%99s-your-top-priority/</link>
		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/02/what%e2%80%99s-your-top-priority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Objectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prioritisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prioritization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vinehouse.com/blog/?p=227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a truth universally acknowledged that many people who need to improve their time management skills don&#8217;t have enough time to do it (and consequently don&#8217;t come on time management courses).
It&#8217;s an indicator of the failure of one of the most essential time management skills &#8211; that of the ability to prioritise (or prioritize [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to Cope with Stressful Situations and Shocks</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/02/how-to-cope-with-stressful-situations-and-shocks/</link>
		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/02/how-to-cope-with-stressful-situations-and-shocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redundancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vinehouse.com/blog/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve been working with a client that is having to make a large number of positions redundant. One of the workshops I ran for them was about how to deal with the initial feelings (shock, worry etc) in that situation.
Instead of going through the usual curve I decided to look at the more recent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Problem With The In-Laws</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/problem-with-the-in-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/problem-with-the-in-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To book your place on our next teleseminar,
Dealing With Difficult People, on 10th February
use this link.
http://www.vinehouse.co.uk/teleseminars3.htm
You&#8217;ll find out how to deal with a whole range difficult people including?
negative people,
bullies,
nit-pickers,
thick-skinned insensitive people
and much more.

To get your discount for several teleseminars use this coupon code JAN19TELE
It’s valid till the end of January.
This week&#8217;s issue:
Problem With The In-Laws
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To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing the Right Thing</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/doing-the-right-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moral standards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vinehouse.com/blog/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you are interested, our next teleseminar is on 10th Feb on Dealing With Difficult People.
I&#8217;ll be covering a whole range of really simple easy things you can do with

negative people,
bullies,
nit-pickers,
thick-skinned insensitive people

and much more.  To book your place on this or any of our teleseminars use this link:
http://www.vinehouse.co.uk/teleseminars3.htm
To get your discount for several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Easy Things</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/210/</link>
		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/210/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easy improvements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vinehouse.com/blog/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Teleseminars
Today we launch our new series of teleseminars on many different topics.(You just need a phone, no special equipment to join the teleseminar.) We&#8217;re giving discounts to you if you buy places on 4 or more, and if you book places for more than one person in your organisation.
As always you get a full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lesson In Learning</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/a-lesson-in-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/a-lesson-in-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vinehouse.com/blog/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I mentioned a bit about learning to write &#8216;academically&#8217; and also to ski. This week I would like to expand a little on this topic.
We went skiing with friends over the break. One of those we have been skiing with often is my friend Sam. He is 16 and I have known him [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Unfair Advantage</title>
		<link>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/an-unfair-advantage/</link>
		<comments>http://vinehouse.com/blog/2010/01/an-unfair-advantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vinehouse.com/blog/?p=201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First let me wish you a Happy, Successful and Prosperous New Year.
This week I was talking to Kathy, a friend in the village. Since I last saw her, she has taken up teacher training as a mature student. She&#8217;s really looking forward to teaching junior school children (8-10 year olds).
I asked her what the course [...]]]></description>
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