Paul Butler
Paul Butler: Work-life balance
The dilemma of work-life balance is a relatively new phenomenon. During the agrarian age, we knew when our work was done because the sun went down. We couldn’t plough the…
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Paul Butler: Practice makes perfect
I’m a big Beatles fan and just this morning, I was thinking about the vast library of wonderful songs The Beatles wrote and performed — 213 original compositions and 73…
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Paul Butler: Interview skills
Here are three words very few Englishmen have ever said: “I love baseball.” Soccer is often referred to as the “beautiful game,” but in my mind, baseball is the most…
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Practice makes perfect
I’m a big Beatles fan and just this morning, I was thinking about the vast library of wonderful songs they wrote and performed — 213 original compositions and 73 cover…
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Paul Butler: It ain’t what you do …
Do you ever find yourself with a tune stuck in your head all day? This happened to me recently with the song: “It ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way…
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Going the Extra Mile, Paul Butler: Performance reviews
It’s that time of year when most organizations will conduct the often-dreaded annual performance review for each employee. This is when the boss will agree a time to sit down…
Paul and Gaynor Butler training together for their 25-year half-marathon journey across all 50 states in 2016. Courtesy of Paul and Gaynor Butler
Paul Butler: Conflict resolution
My wife and I celebrate 25 years of marriage this year, and if I’ve learned anything about conflict resolution, it would be to listen twice as much as I speak.…
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Paul Butler: Time and time again
When I was a young boy growing up in England, our TV stations all closed down at 4 p.m. on Sunday evenings. Therefore, that was the night my parents would…
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Paul Butler: Five reasons we work
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…
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Going the Extra Mile: Obedience training
One of the many things I enjoy about the holiday season is having the luxury of time to take much longer and more leisurely walks with our little dog —…
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Going the Extra Mile: Lessons on a Monday
To help put our children through university, I’ve been teaching at an expensive private college in Los Angeles just on Mondays. I have learned a lot from four people at…
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Paul Butler: Don’t phone it in
Even after living here for 14 years, I still hear American English phrases I don’t understand. Just this weekend, I heard someone say: “Don’t just phone it in.” I’ve come…
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Paul Butler: Whistle while you work
I love singing, but for some reason, I don’t like whistling — there’s something about whistling for me that sounds like chalk scratching on a blackboard. My brother-in-law whistles a…
Paul Butler | I AM Friendly
By Paul Butler The first time we came to America was in the summer of 2001. We had two weeks at Disney World in Florida. Our daughter Brodie was about…
Paul Butler | It’s Never Too Late to Say Thank You
By Paul Butler I write this on Veterans Day — the official United States public holiday observed annually on Nov. 11 honoring military veterans, that is, persons who served in…
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Paul Butler: Marathons are a team sport
Last Sunday, my wife and I served as volunteers at the Santa Clarita marathon. We were course monitors, which was a pretty easy task. Our main job was to encourage…
Paul Butler | For the Love O’ Peet
By Paul Butler I’m not a big coffee shop fan — to me, it just seems ridiculous to pay so much for such a basic item. I can see and…
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Paul Butler: 12 lessons I’ve learned
I have a friend and his name is Hal. He is the kind of man I’d like to grow to become. Hal is a good man and a wonderful grandfather.…
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Paul Butler: Change is the only constant
One of the first jobs I had was at the Holiday Inn hotel in Birmingham, England. I was 22 years old. I was very proud of my job title, mainly…
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Paul Butler: When it’s time to speak up
I was standing in my favorite bagel store recently, waiting for my order to be processed and struck up a conversation with a stranger also waiting for hers. She started…
