Health and Safety Executive studies show workplace-related stress, depression, and anxiety are on the increase.But YOU can take control.-With this book you can…Recognise the symptoms of workplace mental distress.Identify, understand, and release natural wellbeing chemicals in your brain.Access a toolkit of skills to keep you happy, healthy, and active.-“Mental...

The better your communication skills the higher your earning potential.Ask yourself…Do you know the three Cs of business communication and how to use them?Are you using predicates to build rapport with your clients, customers, and co-workers?Are you making the best use of your intrapersonal communication?If you answered no to any or all these questions, you need this book.“There ...

You can make more sales with less effort,once you understand customer relationship management and how to use it.Do you know the difference between an internal and an external customer?Can you tell your KPI’s from your CSF’s?Are you getting easy repeat orders from ALL your existing customers?If you answered no to any or all the questions above, then this book is for you.“This is probably t...

Do you want to level up your working life, but you don’t know where to start?This book will help you to…Recognise skills you already have but are not using.Think clearly about what it is you want to do and understand why.Avoid distractions and focus on the information that will help you get your dream job.STOP writing CV’s that fail to get an interview.START sending applications that get you noticed.

So there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of age, still, like, gorgeous and rich, living off my legend as a schools rugby player, scoring the birds, being the man, when all of a sudden, roysh, life becomes a total mare. I don't have a Betty Blue what's wrong, but I can't eat, can't sleep, I don't even want to do the old beast with two backs, which means a major problem, and we're talking big time here. Normally my head is so full of, like thoughts, but now I'm down to just one: Sorcha, I'm...

So there I was, roysh, class legend, schools rugby legend, basically all-round legend, when someone decides you can't, like, sit the Leaving Cert four times. Well that put a focking spanner in the works.But joining the goys at college wasn't the mare I thought it would be, basically for, like, three major reasons: beer, women and more women. And for once I agree with Fionn about the, like, education possibilities. I mean, where else can you learn about Judge Judy, laminating fake I...

So there I was, roysh, putting the 'in' in 'in crowd', hanging out, pick of the babes, bills from the old pair to fund the lifestyle I, like, totally deserve. But being a schools rugby legend has its downsides, roysh, like all the total knobs wanting to chill in your, like, reflected glory, and the bunny-boilers who decide they want to be with me and won't take, like, no for an answer. And we're talking totally here. Basically, it may look like a champagne bath with, like, Nell McAndrew, w...

So there I was, roysh, enjoying college life, college birds and, like, a major amount of socialising. Then, roysh, the old pair decide to mess everything up for me. And we're talking totally here.Don't ask me what they were thinking. I hadn't, like, changed or treated them any differently, but the next thing I know, roysh, I'm out on the streets. Another focking day in paradise for me!If it hadn't been for Oisinn's apartment in Killiney, the old man paying for my Golf GTI, ...

A short story taken from the Fighting Words charity collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written and illustrated by two of the most outstanding talents in children’s fiction todayWhen Fleece, one of the foot soldiers of the valiant Hibernian Army, whose cowardice is a constant source of guilt, is sent to battle the demons of the Fomorian Empire, he becomes the accidental Hero of Drumree.But Fleece’s weapons have always been words, not swords, and his newfound status leaves him wit...

The development of the festival and event industry has seen large scale growth and extensive government support as a result of objectives to enhance and project the image of place and leverage positive sponsorship and regeneration opportunities. As we move deeper into austerity measures prompted by economic recession, community festivals and events as a sacred or profane time of celebration can be considered even more important than ever before.This book for the first time explores...

Around the world, there is mounting evidence that parks and protected areas contribute to a healthy civil society, thus increasing the economic importance of cultural and nature-based tourism. Operating at the intersection of business and the environment, tourism can improve human health and wellbeing as well as serve as a catalyst for increasing appreciation and stewardship of the natural world. While the revenues from nature-based activities help to make the case for investing in park an...

This book analyses community-based approaches to developing and regenerating tourism destinations in the developing world, addressing this central issue in sustainable tourism practices.It reviews a variety of systems useful for analysing and understanding management issues to offer new insight into the skills and resources that are needed for implementation, ongoing monitoring and review of community-based tourism. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores alternat...