Brenda

All my views are my own opinions and beliefs

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@Ofwat This is totally unacceptable from Thames Water
https://t.co/ctWVXghx0W

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@TfL the No 19 bus just went sailing straight past the piccadilly circus stop without even allowing down. It was not out of service, and went so fast that bus 'due' remained on the board for a further 2 minutes. Poor

[Brenda @brendahobday]

Serious accident waiting to happen. @TfL the ped crossing at the junction of Cheyne Walk and Lots Road now has quite a long wait to cross, causing people, inc old people, to jay walk and dodge traffic. Seems no reason. Dangerous.

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@DrJanetLord great Anti inflammation podcast with Michael Mosely 👏 vVery interesting about the effect of berries. Six months before my husband was diagnosed with amyloidosis he started consuming Blueberries by the punnet load. His body obviously knew what was happening.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Personally, I suck at efficiency (doing things quickly). Here’s my coping mechanism and process for maximizing efficacy (doing the right things):

1) Wake up at least 1 hour before you have to be at a computer screen. E-mail is the mind killer.

2) Make a cup of tea (I like pu-erh) and sit down with a pen/pencil and paper.

3) Write down the 3-5 things—and no more—that are making you most anxious or uncomfortable. They’re often things that have been punted from one day’s to-do list to the next, to the next, to the next, and so on. Most important usually = most uncomfortable, with some chance of rejection or conflict.

4) For each item, ask yourself:

– “If this were the only thing I accomplished today, would I be satisfied with my day?”

– “Will moving this forward make all the other to-do’s unimportant or easier to knock off later?”

5) Look only at the items you’ve answered “yes” to for at least one of these questions.

6) Block out at least 2-3 hours to focus on ONE of them for today. Let the rest of the urgent but less important stuff slide. It will still be there tomorrow.

7) TO BE CLEAR: Block out at least 2-3 HOURS to focus on ONE of them for today. This is ONE BLOCK OF TIME. Cobbling together 10 minutes here and there to add up to 120 minutes does not work.

8) If you get distracted or start procrastinating, don’t freak out and downward spiral; just gently come back to your ONE to-do.

Congratulations! That’s it.

This is the only way I can create big outcomes despite my never-ending impulse to procrastinate, nap, and otherwise fritter away my days with bullshit.

If I have 10 important things to do in a day, it’s 100% certain nothing important will get done that day. On the other hand, I can usually handle 1 must-do item and block out my lesser behaviors for 2-3 hours a day.

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@NABMA_Markets @ManCityCouncil Very proud of my mother 👏

[NABMA Markets UK @NABMA_Markets]

Our most prestigious award of the evening 'The Krys Zasada Award' is presented to:

Wendy Hobday 👏🙌👏 A visionary for markets! Congratulations.

Thanks @ManCityCouncil for supporting this award #NABMAConf #MarketsFirst

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

It's baffling to me that some of y'all see stuff in your mind. You SEE it? The way your eyes see? I always thought "visualize" meant thinking of the words/ideas/feelings associated with a thing, not actual visuals.
I am such a total 5 on this scale I didn't know 1-4 existed.

[Jim Hamilton @jimhamilton4]

Gold.

[Brenda @brendahobday]

Wow credit where it is due @thetrainline. Complained because I could not claim a refund for a train that was cancelled. Expected to wait at least 2 months and then battle to get the refund. ONE HOUR later- reply and refund. Impressive turnaround of the usual customer service. 👏

[Brenda @brendahobday]

So excited for @SuperStoreSys and @ShowShoppa to be part of @growldnbusiness with so many brilliant Founders and CEOs. Great year to be expanding globally with @londonpartners

[London & Partners @londonpartners]

If you want to know what we're up to at #GrowLondon, check out this piece with @UKTNofficial 👀

Grow London Global, our new scale-up programme, will be supporting @notpla, @ultraleap, @bywaytravel & over 100 other businesses

Read more here 👇
https://t.co/CVoi0eHwVn

[Brenda @brendahobday]

better UNconnected from @o2 and @virginmedia #BetterConnected

[Brenda @brendahobday]

Appalled at #o2priceincrease @O2 7 days past the cancellation date of new contract and @o2 @virginmedia hike by nearly 20% Fleecing your customers. Must be illegal terms. @MoneySavingExp
@BBCWatchdog

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@TechNation This is madness. What message are the government sending to all the UK Techies and Startups? @RishiSunak To give the money to banks and to the one bank that is, in my view, the worst business bank in the UK - Barclays. Unbelieveable 🙈

[Chelsea Houseboats @chelseaboats]

1/ We won our expert determination! A🧵about the market rate for mooring licences at CYBC compared with what CYBC has been claiming from Boatowners. #marketratenotmoffatrate @twitoplac @riverhomes @LondonPortAuth @GregHands @KC_Times @chelseasociety @LukeHanrahan

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@PetronellaWyatt I've been asked several times where I'm from, I reply "London" and sometimes the questioner has persisted "no, where are you originally from". I am born and bred in London. I don't find it a racist question. The questioners usually think I am Scandinavian

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@tesco when will your check out be working again? Can't change my basket for imminent delivery because the checkout is still down, grrrr. Nothing to do with Christmas booking. 🤬

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@26eltel I think I was on 3% when you tweeted, then it kicked me back to 0%!! By the time I got in an hour later there was nothing left, not even Playoffs ☹️ Why am I not surprised!

[Brenda @brendahobday]

@Tidebank @TideBanking appears to be down, both the App and the web. Server error 500. 😡 Can't pay wages. Are they on strike with RMT?
@MartinSLewis @Telegraph @BBCNews