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    IM-PERFECT
    Paul Rutherford
    • Jun 14
    • 1 min

    IM-PERFECT

    Many moons ago, I was a corporate speechwriter. It proved a great way to learn about organizations, the personality of power and how to...
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    FOR THE RECORD
    Paul Rutherford
    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    FOR THE RECORD

    Countdown advice to a no-show Client, seeking neither career help or support.
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    HALF THE WORDS
    Paul Rutherford
    • Jul 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    HALF THE WORDS

    “The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” Thomas Jefferson. We have a tendency to...
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    ONE OF US IS LONELY
    Paul Rutherford
    • Apr 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    ONE OF US IS LONELY

    I felt the same in the cab as I had during the flight: there was something I'd forgotten. Again, I patted my jacket pockets; there was my...
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    FROM CAPTAIN TO PASSENGER
    Paul Rutherford
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    FROM CAPTAIN TO PASSENGER

    At first I thought 'I've got a problem'. Then I thought 'No; I have an adventure'. Instead of resisting what's going
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    LIGHTS! CAMERA! INACTION...
    Paul Rutherford
    • Mar 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    LIGHTS! CAMERA! INACTION...

    However good you are, however hard you work, sometimes your success depends on events completely out of your control. And the control of th
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    OUT THROUGH THE IN DOOR
    Paul Rutherford
    • Dec 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    OUT THROUGH THE IN DOOR

    “There’s a lot worse out there.” E – a long-standing friend – was wondering whether he had one more career move in him. “Coming up to 20...
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    SILENT FINNISH
    Paul Rutherford
    • Dec 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    SILENT FINNISH

    "I'd like to talk about the tree between our houses." J - a coachee on a development program - was open about the problem with his...
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    GM 1 SZ 97
    Paul Rutherford
    • Nov 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    GM 1 SZ 97

    Alfa Aid is an Alfa Romeo sales and post-sales garage based less than ten minutes from where I live. Adrian, the owner, started the...
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    THE SELFIE TEST
    Paul Rutherford
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    THE SELFIE TEST

    Sometime when you're feeling important When your ego is fully in bloom. Sometime when you take it for granted You're the best qualified...
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    TAPE FACE LEADERSHIP
    Paul Rutherford
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    TAPE FACE LEADERSHIP

    There's no obvious label for Tape Face's entertainment. Mime, perhaps? Silent comedy? Both conjour up former practitioners (Marcel...
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