Life is Absurd, Tragic, and Mostly Funny
Life is more than a little absurd, especially now. Sometimes tragic. But mostly funny. […]
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Why Video Chats Are Making Us More Self-Conscious
The boom in video chats has led (sadly) to a boom in cosmetic surgery. Why? Because unlike face to face meetings, we spend at least 20% of our time in video meetings looking at our own image. If you don’t believe me, check out how often your eyes scan over your image during your next […]
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Improve Your Email Writing to Save Time
Over 320 billion emails are sent each day. Imagine the productivity gains if we all improve our email writing skills by just 5%. This alone would be worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually. So here’s my humble contribution to that great cause. The best emails answer questions before they are asked. This is how […]
Let Enthusiasm Drive Your Work
It’s uplifting, it’s contagious and nothing great has ever been achieved without it. Enthusiasm. How uplifting it is to work with people who have an irrepressible enthusiasm for their job. And how dreary by contrast to work with people who lack it. We should all be supremely passionate about our work and we should always […]
Your Library and Routine Will Predict Your Future
To young leaders. Show me your library and your daily routine and I will foretell your future. […]
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Choose Your Leader Wisely for Career Success
To those setting out to build a brilliant career. Who you accept as your leader is the single most important career decision you will make. Insist on reporting to a leader, not a manager. You want to be inspired, not manipulated. Does your leader see great potential in you? If not, have the self-belief to […]
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Don’t Waste a Good Crisis – Reassess Your Business
Don’t waste a good crisis. Lockdown is a great time to strategically reassess your business. Steve Jobs used to roam the campus at Apple poking his head into random offices and cubicles asking staff: “What business are we in?” After listening attentively to the answer – and regardless of the answer – Jobs would then […]
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Persistence Often Outperforms
The late, great John R Caldon once remarked about a salesman who left him yet another voice message. “This guy is a pain in the arse Adam; he doesn’t stop pestering me.” “We should probably hire him.” Persistence sometimes irritates but often outperforms. […]
Focus on the Future, Not Just the Present
Remind yourself repeatedly of this: we humans are hopelessly hypnotised by what’s immediately before us. We place too much emphasis on the recent past, too little on the long term future. To correct this tendency in us – spend less time reading today’s news and more time anticipating the future. Prepare for a world that […]