Report to write? For many of us, writing a report is eventually unavoidable. It may not have happened to you yet, or it may be a distressingly regular requirement. Either way, when the report bell tolls for thee, it helps to have some idea what you’re doing. And the purpose of this article is to help you write a more successful report.

Who needs negotiating skills? We all negotiate minor issues on a daily basis, of the ‘if you iron my shirt, I’ll mend your handbag’ variety. But at some stage in your job or domestic life, circumstances will arise where the outcome is much more important. This article outlines negotiating skills crucial to achieving winning outcomes, particularly in more difficult circumstances.

This is not a treatise on how to write, and certainly not on how to get published. What it will tell you is how I write, which is a contradictory mixture of discipline, laxity and procrastination. But, far more importantly, it will tell you it’s never too late to take up writing and that, if you persevere, your writing will improve beyond measure.