I hate the feeling of being overwhelmed. It tends to hit me about 2 or 3 in the morning. I wake and can’t fall back to sleep. I go through the motions of little bits of meditation, of focusing on breathing… but all for nothing. I am not going back to sleep. My inner battle … Read more
These are the top 10 TED talks of all time (by total views on TED.com). 1.- Sir Ken Robinson – Schools kill creativity – 13M views 2.- Jill Bolte Taylor – Stroke of insight – 9.6M views 3.- Steve Jobs – How to live before you die – 9.3M views 4.- Pranav Mistry – The thrilling potential of Sixth Sense technology – 9M views 5.- David Gallo – Underwater … Read more
We are coming up to Global Entrepreneurship Week #GEW next week, November 12-18. Organizations all over the world will be putting on events sharing the entrepreneur experience as widely as possible. Events in Spain are listed at the bottom of this post. Entrepreneurship 2.0: The rise of the Growth Hacker. In 1995 the web consisted … Read more
Daniel Shi gives a simple but profound answer to “How can I learn to be more Influential?” over on Quora: I think that you can certainly become influential without having to do something “extraordinary.” 7 Steps to become more Influential Connect with many people. Learn that just because someone may not be important today, it doesn’t … Read more
Irrelevant “Yeah sure, I get it… that’s all interesting, but so what?” Jeff Weiner on Irrelevance Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, blogs about a public speaking fail – and three lessons he learnt from the experience. He delivered a speech that he had delivered 15 times over the previous year. When he finished, he experienced … Read more
Sorry, gave wrong url in the email… here is the correct link for the 9 Steps to Becoming a Public Speaking Expert Are you being lied to? Are you being lied to? Yes. Often. We Enjoy Lies. When we believe a lie, it is because we want to believe the lie. “Everyone is hungry for … Read more
Networking via email 101 Once in a while I get an email from someone asking to meet me. The email subject is strong enough for me to open the email. The sender uses the 6 ways to get action from your emails. However, I get the feeling that this meeting is going to be a … Read more
Good business has been done the same way for centuries. The medium does not change the rules for success. Question 1: Who exactly do you help? Who do you help? What problem do you solve for them? How can you make that pain tangible for the listener? Effective sales is about helping a customer understand … Read more
I recently finished a 4 day, intense persuasive communication course with 142 Executive MBAs. We heard almost 300 speeches. I worked with the coaching team of Florian, Tobias, John and Tony. Each told a story of the person, the change they seek in the world, the reasoning. By the end of the week, these stories were … Read more
Warren Buffett, when asked: “what is the biggest mistake you have made?” has an interesting answer. He says that he has taken many poor decisions in his life, but these errors are nothing in comparison to the decisions that he did not take. It is the investment opportunities that passed by and he didn’t pay … Read more