Whingers. This is a group of individuals that I find most tedious, boring, nauseating, and downright annoying. And with the growth of social media they now have bigger loudspeakers and a tremendous range of opportunities to share their destructive, nihilistic worldview on the rest of us. No matter what the issue, no matter how things… Continue reading Advice for whingers
Author: Terry Gorry
When we were shopkeepers-meeting Michael O’Leary (Ryanair) in the 80s
It was 1987 or 1988 when I first met Michael O’Leary, the now Ryanair boss. I was 23/24 years of age at the time and had started in my first business along with my brother at Hart’s Corner, Glasnevin, Dublin. We had a small convenience store there which in which we started trading in December … Continue reading When we were shopkeepers-meeting Michael O’Leary (Ryanair) in the 80s
Maintaining the daily writing habit
Developing and maintaining the habit of writing every day is a tough task. Doing it for a short while or sporadically is easy but writing on a Monday morning, like today, when your email inbox has filled up over the weekend, you have a busy day ahead with a packed calendar, and you want to… Continue reading Maintaining the daily writing habit
Punctuation-a basic guide to the essentials of punctuation
I write letters every day as part of my work as a solicitor. A solicitor spends a great deal of time reading and writing, and one of the reasons making my living in law is most suitable for me personally is that I love to read and write. I also adhere easily to rules and… Continue reading Punctuation-a basic guide to the essentials of punctuation
Just a quick question
It is a source of constant surprise the number, and type, of persons who contact me looking for free legal advice. The approach can be made in any number of channels of communication to me: phone, email, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. I do not believe my response to such approaches is overly mercenary or… Continue reading Just a quick question
Email is poetry
When I first read the words “code is poetry” in the back end of the WordPress publishing platform I did not understand what it meant, or what it meant to convey. I think I do now, however. I am no coder, although I have a basic understanding of programming code such as html and I… Continue reading Email is poetry
Taking pleasure in the birds
I get a great deal of simple pleasure from the little birds around our house. I have a couple of small bird feeders, one at the back of the house just outside the living room. And one at the front which I can observe from the kitchen window. I have it hanging off the branch… Continue reading Taking pleasure in the birds
Doing Social Media Marketing Efficiently and Effectively
I have been doing my own social media marketing since I started my solicitor’s practice in 2011, or thereabouts. That was the year I qualified as a solicitor, too. I have learned a lot over the next 10 years. One of the things that has been my focus in developing my social media presence has… Continue reading Doing Social Media Marketing Efficiently and Effectively
Drinking the Twitter Kool Aid and generating leads/clients for professional services-a prodigious waste of time
As a person I would always have been cautious. By this I mean I would be sceptical of most things I would be told or hear unless there was sound evidence or data to support the assertion. Once that is present, however, I have no problem accepting the proposition. I am not a man for… Continue reading Drinking the Twitter Kool Aid and generating leads/clients for professional services-a prodigious waste of time
Why I won’t be starting a podcast
Podcasts and podcasting are all the rage nowadays. But I won’t be starting one, even though I have been requested to do so by subscribers to my YouTube channel. One of the big advantages of podcasting is the ease with which you can set one up. At a minimum you could actually create one with… Continue reading Why I won’t be starting a podcast