Have you ever wondered how Thomas Edison had that moment that gave him his famous light bulb idea? Or what prompted Alexander Graham Bell’s inspired moment when he dreamed up the telephone? Come to think of it, where did any…
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In January at The Arcadia Preparatory Entrepreneurship community workshop, I was asked the question by a journalist, “Shouldn’t a 3-year-old be playing rather than learning about entrepreneurship?” My response was simple, “They are playing, they are playing with their imagination.”…
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Once upon a time, when there was no internet, smartphones or any wireless devices we had books. Still, one of my fondest childhood summertime memories is when I got my first library card. I remember how grown up I felt…
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I wasn’t always a “Registrar”, in fact, the majority of my career so far has been in Senior Management Sales for Prestige Skincare. Managing up to 30 accounts, I realized after sometime that the successful accounts, with the highest sales…
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As a wise, fellow blonde once said: “Exercise gives you endorphins and endorphins make you happy!” Although the above words have come from Elle Woods (played by Reese Witherspoon), a Harvard Law student from 2001 chick-flick Legally Blonde, I couldn’t…
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It’s estimated that approximately 18% of the global workforce is self-employed. These people started, created and are building businesses that they run. Every day they’re attempting to grow their businesses, generate new ideas to help increase sales and come up…
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This year, I made the decision to begin my Masters degree in education. This decision was, in reality, made 10 years ago but I never got around to taking the first step and enrolling on a course. What took me…
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The morning drop-off – an activity that seems so mundane for most parents yet its importance cannot be trivialised by the burden of the logistics that is involved in its implementation. The drop-off itself can be at the bus stop,…
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Living in the multi-cultural and multi-national city of Dubai, children are exposed to many different types of music on a daily basis, be it what they hear on the radio, at school or simply learning a song on TV. Exposure…
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For those who I have yet to meet, my name is David Harkin. I’m the newly appointed Entrepreneur in Residence at The Arcadia Preparatory School and I’m proud to say that we’re the first school to adopt such a position…
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