Wednesday 27th June 2007, 17:12Time spent in Borstal

Last week I visited Rochester Prison - Young Offenders institute. (Young Men 18-21)

Rochester is the original Borstal - a large estate of mixed buildings - including the classic prisons that you see on the TV.

Going through the gate - I was there to meet with some of the young men that are undergoing training programmes led by A4e staff. The lads were great - we chatted one to one - they really wanted to find a way to get straight. So many things would have to go right for this to happen. Job, housing, education, straight friends, straight parents, good role models, sta..eharrisonView Complete Post

Wednesday 27th June 2007, 16:55A bit of a catch up

Felt it only right to do a bit of a catch up for my faithful blog readers. Naughty me - I have been residing too much in the real world and have not paid due attention to my virtual presence!

Sometimes we can all become a slave to our diaries - each week thinking if I can just get to the end of this week then next week I will take charge of my time. It is a bit like  a diet - always planning it to start on Mondays.

Oh well - it sometimes takes others to point out how we are spending our time.

I have a bit of a poorly back - so I have a sports massage once a..eharrisonView Complete Post

Friday 1st June 2007, 09:37Legal ServicesA key challenge for entrepreneurial, organic growth is having really long term business opportunities, coupled with a vision, tenacity and passion for finding a way to make them come alive, without being a slave to the idea and ignoring other options - or worse, failing to make your business work in the meantime. The older I get, the more I realise it is quite rare. So, it’s quite nice when one of these things comes off.

One of my bad habits is that I tend to keep things on my White Board for a few years. I do this to remind me of those long term, seemingly unreachable object..Mark LovellView Complete Post
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