Doppler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ~Author unknown How many dumb ideas have you had? If you’re near my age the number will be less than you might think. Why?…
“If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.” Charles Beacham I own an SME. Spike is one of the 97.4% of New Zealand businesses…
Magnus Walker has got a passion for Porsches. ‘Porsche Passion’ he says in an awesome video I have watched twice now. I can relate. I love cars. Someone asked me recently which ones I liked. My answer was all of…
When we talk to people we are not always communicating what we want them to know. We might be at complete loggerheads with their point of view because we do not know their motivations or what they might be thinking….
Lists. Love them or loathe them they really do work, sometimes. Why sometimes? I was thinking about lists over the weekend because we made one for the house and one for the office. They were long. The house one had…
“I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful…
Good morning How often does someone say that to you? “I’m not a mind reader.” How often do you say that? I will let you in on a secret – being a mind reader isn’t that difficult. And you don’t…
Good morning The things you do every morning, every day, become “normal”. Is your normal what you think it should be? Last night I was watching a video by Jody Jelas called 3 Steps To Winning Like A Business Champion. Step…
Thoreau said, “My life is like a stroll on the beach… as near to the edge as I can go.” This weekend we went to the beach. It wasn’t the best weather. The Northerlie blew straight in bringing a lot…
We have finally made it into our new office. It feels like a miracle of office-like proportions. The saga of moving started in June. Who knew it would take almost three months to get a phone line on – we…
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