by DavidFraser | Aug 20, 2010 | General, Inspiration, Relationship Skills, Scotland
In the West of Scotland yesterday was celebrated a life well-lived and an example to us all – Jimmy Reid (1932 – 2010). To think of the former Clyde shipbuilder as speaking only to a left-wing audience would be to miss the point. I was nine at the time of Jimmy...
by DavidFraser | Jun 21, 2010 | Relationship Skills
Do you have this problem? You find that certain people just talk about themselves all the time. You’re happy to listen and attend to them a lot, even much more than half the time when you’re together, but there are occasions when you’d like them to pay...
by DavidFraser | May 11, 2010 | Current Affairs, Organizations, Relationship Skills
Whatever the final outcome of all the negotiations, some skill in relating well to other people and some care to do this over time has put David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the position where they seem to have the best chance of forming a stable government, whereas...
by DavidFraser | May 3, 2010 | Relationship Skills
Events of the last week where Gordon Brown’s comments intended to be private were heard in public (to understate things more than a little) would seem to highlight the dangers of using radio microphones. But they highlight more than that. Are private comments...
by DavidFraser | May 1, 2010 | Glasgow, Relationship Skills
Professor Phil Hanlon, expert in public health at Glasgow University, quoted in an article by Helen Puttick in The Herald newspaper (22 March 2010), says that the ‘best shot’ at an explanation for the chronic ill-health in the Glasgow is ‘a series of...
by DavidFraser | Mar 25, 2010 | Current Affairs, General, Relationship Skills
Well here we are starting up this blog which is going to cover my take on, well, the things I reckon I have something useful to say about. I expect to be blogging on the subject of my book i.e. relationship skills, subjects to do with current affairs when I think I...
