Practice Does Not Make Perfect
I recently listened to Matthew McConaughey’s audiobook, “Green Lights”, a most enjoyable and entertaining book with some good sound advice. The basic premise for the book, as I heard it, was that each day, you need to review and remember wherever you enjoyed green lights in your day instead of red lights. Green lights: A […]
Sunflowers and Startups – the Similarities!
Pitching Skill Workshop: This morning I sat in my creative chair, hoping that a topic for my next article would emerge. While writing my morning pages, I looked around my office, realizing the subject matter was right under my nose. I have a renewed interest in my garden as a result of the pandemic. I […]
My Best Advice for Leaders – Listen More!
My definition of a leader: “A leader is someone who others will follow”. To become a leader it’s important to acquire good communications skills. If people do not know where you want to take them and why, there will be a real reluctance to follow. Good communications is not sending an email or some other […]
NEVER answer this question: “What Do You Do”?
The other day I was in a hardware shop, looking to choose which rawlplug would be most suited for use with my newly insulated walls when my phone rang! The caller was a prospective customer who had been given my contact details by one of my clients. This was a surprise, as nowadays the vast […]