Jo Parfitt's blog
Beat that expat stress
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Sun, 30/09/2007 - 2:57pm.Moving frequently can be very stressful. I have just broken my foot and have my leg in plaster and have learned that NOT moving is stressful too. I decided to make the time to listen to some of my collection of meditation CDs to see if that helped. It did. So I would like to recommend some one may appeal to busy people like me.
Writing opportunity at Womens Online Magazine
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Sun, 02/09/2007 - 1:38pm.Women's Online Magazine (WOM) is actively searching for contributors. We
are launching a .pdf version of the magazine (WOM in PRINT, a free copy)
in the next month, which will be disseminated across the Internet through
the major business and social networking sites (with audience more than
50,000 in total).
We are currently looking for contributors who can provide content that
appeals to women.
Topics can focus on any of the following categories;
Food and Wine
Are you writing your holiday diary?
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Fri, 31/08/2007 - 12:52pm.Are you writing your holiday diary? -
Having just spent a wonderful three weeks in Texas and Mexico I have returned home with a diary full of memories. After years of writing entries like the following:
Got up, had breakfast, went to the beach
Come and see me at the Expatica I am Not a Tourist show
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Mon, 20/08/2007 - 10:25am.Come and see me at my booth or here my free workshops on Career in Your Suitcase and Expat Entrepreneur at the Expatica I Am Not a Tourist Fair in Amsterdam on October 21st. My talks are at 12.15 and 14.45 by the way.
Click here for more details.
My top ten reading list
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Thu, 26/07/2007 - 12:40pm.It was high time I added this reading list to here, so here goes, my favourite books to inspire me as a writer are:
Calling all expat grandparents / grandchildren and owners of both!
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Thu, 26/07/2007 - 12:38pm.One of the toughest things about going abroad is leaving behind grandparents - or grandchildren. You worry about how you will keep this precious relationship alive and seek ways to survive the separation.
Peter Gosling has been a global grandpa for 16 years. He is also a much-published author and my dad! With my help and that of global parent, Anne Huscroft, he is writing a book on this subject designed to inspire, support , inform and help others with families divided by a plane flight.
Calling all global networkers - Would you like to be in my book?
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Thu, 26/07/2007 - 12:31pm.In 2004 Jacqui Tillyard and I wrote a book called Grow Your Own Networks. It has been reprinted several times and is now going to be published in a new, bigger and even better edition by Lean Marketing Press. This time we want to share your stories and give you a chance to share your networking successes.
Ambitious coaches need to read this book
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Sun, 08/07/2007 - 2:01pm.Whether you are a coach already with the ambition to be the best executive coach you can, or, whether you want to hire a coach yourself, it is frightening to know that of the hundreds of thousands out there advertising, they are not all qualified. This book, entitled, Coach and Couch and published in May by INSEAD with Palagrave Macmillan, proves how incredibly talented some of the best executive coaches can be. Ambitious expatriates should ensure that their own coach understands the impact of culture on the personality and the workplace.
 | Coach or Couch, Anybody?: Helping Leaders Make Sense of People Processes in Organizations (INSEAD Business Press): The Pyschology of Making Better Leaders (INSEAD Business Press) author: Manfred F.R.Kets De Vries,Konstantin Korotov,Elizabeth Florent-Treacy asin: 0230506380 |
Beat Writer's Block with Stephen King
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Fri, 06/07/2007 - 3:04pm.Beat Writer's Block with Stephen King -
Yes, Stephen King! His book on writing, called ‘On Writing’ is first class and got me back at my manuscript at the double. I’d call it a kick up the arse, but he’d spell it ‘ass’, but you get my gist.
By the way this is FIRST book of his I’ve ever read!
Read it.
Jo
 | On Writing author: Stephen King asin: 0743455967 |
Dedications
Submitted by Jo Parfitt on Fri, 06/07/2007 - 3:03pm.Take a look at this article on the pitfalls you can fall into when creating your dedication.
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Lots of information and inspiration for those with a career in their suitcase, or who would like one!
