#0464 Pay Attention
One cannot simply ask the audience to pay attention, one must earn it. I don’t know why I wrote that sentence using posh language but maybe subconsciously I did so to make you take notice,…
One cannot simply ask the audience to pay attention, one must earn it. I don’t know why I wrote that sentence using posh language but maybe subconsciously I did so to make you take notice,…
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Running a business is a little bit like having kids. Impossible to describe to a newbie and no-one can fully appreciate the rollercoaster ride until strapped in and the go button is pushed. Like it…
There is plenty of both… Time and money. Whatever you have you choose to either use it or abuse it. Why do something now that can wait until tomorrow. Focus on the things that will…
Autopilot is another way to describe habits. Getting up at a certain time, putting your shoes on a certain way, driving the same route to work. We form these through our lives as a way…
There is a guy called Dan Kennedy who is often referred to as the grandfather of Marketing. The guru to the gurus. If you trace the success of almost anyone on the internet there would…
Every two weeks or so one of my daughters gives her room a good clean. Puts everything in its place again and it drive me insane. Not the cleaning part, that I applaud. The 13…
The thing I love to do as part of my work more than anything else is to simplify complexity. If I can reduce the clutter for myself it allows me to better communicate it to…
Well before social media there are countless examples of enduring personal brands. Napoleon, Shakespeare, Darwin, Einstein and the list goes on. Of course back then you had to have done something of historical significance which…
When you experience it for yourself, it is obvious, otherwise you may be oblivious. True for many issues out there solved by the very people it annoyed enough to do something about it. “Necessity is…
If you would like to blend into the background keep doing what you are expected to do at a steady pace. Being efficient, being productive, getting shit done is the expectation, anything less is disappointing….
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Whenever I venture to the local hardware store for something costing maybe ten dollars, to my wife’s disapproval I end up spending two hundred plus on a few more things I may or may not…
How hard can it be? After all, millions of people every year start a business, attempt to get fit, pick up an instrument for the first time… and millions fail. Yet millions have also succeeded….
Making a decision on samples of one will see you zigging and zagging at every turn. Allowing a single person or event to determine your fate is a practice observed all too often and I…
“If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would get done” Are you one of those people? There is probably not a person on the planet who has not left a task until the very…
Calm on the outside maybe, but on the inside it drives me nuts. I have had to learn to be patient with others and temper my expectation of when something will get done. Years ago…
What exactly are you busy doing? Can you reflect back on the week and detail with any confidence what you achieved? Not just emails, meetings and presentations but proper detail. Unlikely in my experience. Pretty…
We all have a version of it. A weekness that holds us back. The longer it persists the more it grinds on our soul. A mental game of cat and mouse. Working on improvement whilst…
Communication is impossible to get right. You have individuals with similar but different needs sitting in different roles with different personality profiles to contend with. Not to mention the timing and delivery of said communication…