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31 January 2018 - Brain Training

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New Year, new you. How many times have you heard that? You've done the diets, hit the gym and promised other resolutions. A few weeks later you're back on the cake, firmly sat on the sofa and inhaling box sets.  But maybe its time to be the better person and make some changes to your being that could end up with you having a positive career boost. Focus on your brain and train it to be stronger. Be in control of your consciousness and the changes you choose to make. The science of Neuroplasticity suggests that just making small tweaks in our day to day life could have long lasting positive effects. Its also about accepting that some traditional statements really are myths.  Let me give an example; they say that women are good at multi-tasking. Its just not true but the alternative of task switching is a skill that can be enhanced. Task switching is only truly affective when you have the ability to complete small tasks at a time and as soon as they are completed you move...

25 January 2018 - And I'm back!

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It’s still January so I'm going to start this post by saying Happy New Year! There, I said it. I’m back with a bang with all things Salesforce and the past few weeks have seen me attend no less than 3 User Groups and a product roadmap event.  A new User Group came into life, and it arrived with with arms open and with a touchy feely name. HUG. That’s right, the Hampshire User Group. Lead by the very lovely Sean Dukes, I offered to give a helping hand for the inaugural event in Winchester with a bit of organisational advice and a talk about the Community to kick off the night. Sean has been a long standing member of the London Admins Group so had a good idea on how these things go and even took some inspiration from us, although maybe not the timings. We at London Admins are more relaxed with our timings, allowing our very social bunch to mingle at every opportunity, in between the content. Running a User Group takes organisation and the occasional nerves of steel. It’s not fo...