photo: s.alt My grandfather achieved it with alcohol. I found it through constant activity. I sought numbness. I found a way to numb the feelings. To dull the anguish of self-doubt. To dull the feelings of not-being-good-enough. The spanish have a saying “huir hacia adelante”. To flee forward. To jump to the next thing – … Read more
photo credit: Hans Kremmers “May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.” Old Irish way of saying … Read more
In 2010, 294 billion emails were sent per day for a total of 90 trillion in the full year. 1.9 billion users sent an email during 2010. The average business user in a 1,000 user organisation receives 110 emails per day (of which 13 are spam) and sends 36 emails. (source Radicati Group Email Statistics … Read more
A wise man is walking through rough, barren terrain. The sun is beating down intensely, drying everything in its burning blaze. He hears a noise in the far distance. It is the sound of digging. As he gets closer he finds a man digging in the dirt. The man digs, then mutters his complaint at … Read more
I just finished reading Lend Me Your Ears by Max Atkinson on my kindle. I am a regular reader of Max’s Atkinson’s blog. Max is a political speechwriter, a professor and a blogger. You can follow him on twitter @maxatkinson. Lend Me Your Ears is an easy read and covers the subject of public speaking … Read more
I have prepared a series of short videos for my IESE courses this year. This is a 3 minute video outlining the 4 ways that you can handle anxiety or performance nerves. (The video is here on my blog). I spoke about the 4 ways of handling anxiety in a previous post 4 ways to … Read more
A good idea that nobody understands is worth nothing. Do you share your business idea in a way that people understand? The ability to clearly and concisely explain a business is important: in fund raising, in hiring and in selling to early customers. An elevator pitch is a simple outline of the business that quickly … Read more
Can we understand a region’s culture by looking at the main cereal crop of five thousands years ago? This is a little thought experiment. This has no basis in science or fact and is merely a little story I am telling today… I very much welcome reflections and comments. Asia – rice Northern Europe – … Read more
“Be water my friend.” Bruce Lee What does Bruce Lee mean? What is it to “be water”? On “being water” What is it to “be water“? Water flows and adapts. It has no plan, but deals with the environment that it finds. It fully explores the space. It has no expectations of what it will … Read more
I have prepared a series of short videos for my IESE courses this year. This is a 3 minute video outlining the 4 attitudes that an audience will have towards you as a speaker and how to approach each of these 4 types of audience. (The video is here on my blog). I wrote about … Read more