Amanda George
Looking beneath the tip of the iceberg
This week has been really interesting (for me personally). On Monday I was ready to look for permanent work and discard my ten-year-old+...
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Amanda George
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
2020: ENOUGH SAID!
I have been blogless (is that a word?) since late February! I am not a prolific blogger at the best of times. I have learnt this year...
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Amanda George
- Feb 27, 2020
- 2 min
Vir, uomo, hombre, man: the benefits of language learning
I am currently learning three languages, in addition to my native English. Every morning, first thing, I spend around an hour learning...
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Amanda George
- Dec 23, 2019
- 2 min
Festive greetings and time for reflection!
As I tie up all the loose ends in the office, for both Perfect Words and The Sanctuary Angels (my animal charity), I want to take a...
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Amanda George
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
Understanding people
October was all about the lull. Academic clients were few and far between, which meant having time finally to indulge in The Crown on...
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Amanda George
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
Five small ways to improve your writing
Make sure that subject and verb agree (either singular or plural). This can be tricky to spot, especially if we look to the part of the...
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Amanda George
- Apr 10, 2019
- 1 min
Learning the value of everything
Being self-employed can be like being on a rollercoaster, as I have said before. You either have so much work that you can barely breathe...
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Amanda George
- Mar 7, 2019
- 1 min
Putting down roots
As I celebrate ten years of Perfect Words, by Amanda George, I realise that I have now spent as much time running and growing my...
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Amanda George
- Dec 20, 2018
- 1 min
Happy holidays!
It's been a funny year. I've just done my end-of-year figures and, despite two fairly serious health setbacks, it has been my best year...
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Amanda George
- May 10, 2018
- 2 min
Mindful editing
For a while now I have been practising meditation every morning. It is actually incredibly difficult to still the mind, even when...
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Amanda George
- Sep 26, 2017
- 2 min
Customer service is everything
Let us ignore the large gap between blogs (I have been busy, which is good) and move straight on to my hot topic of the moment: customer...
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Amanda George
- Feb 16, 2017
- 3 min
The learning curve
With deep shame, I see that my last blog was written in May 2016, almost a year ago, in the (not quite) first bloom of spring. In fact,...
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Amanda George
- May 24, 2016
- 3 min
Tricky customers
They're everywhere. In all walks of life. Unfortunately, when you come across them when you're self-employed invariably you don't have...
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Amanda George
- May 17, 2016
- 2 min
The ebb and flow
It's something that no one particularly wants to articulate, for fear of admitting that work has run dry (the implication being that...
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