If ever there was a topic to bring out the anger in anyone it is the subject of meetings. Particularly ‘internal’ meetings. I haven’t met anyone who likes them or doesn’t have hundreds of stories about the waste of time most of them are. So why on earth do we have so many of them? […]
E-Mail – Free Yourself from Modern Day Slavery
By May 23, 2012 11 Comments
As a communication tool, the greatest strength of e-mail is that it allows you to do things in your own time. The greatest weakness of e-mail is that somewhere along the way, we have forgotten its greatest strength. Did you know it takes on average 65 seconds to regain your focus after dealing with an […]
Work on the Important things that are not Urgent
By May 3, 2012 2 Comments
We all know how many hours there are in a day but making the most of them can seem like an eternal struggle. Probably none of us uses every minute of every day wisely, but a lot of us could possibly take back a few hours here and there if we gave ourselves the chance […]
The Fisherman & The Businessman
By April 18, 2012 4 Comments
One of my favourite books is The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris (Amazon link UK, US). I try to read it at least once a year to remind me to keep doing things my own way. Inside this book there is a nice little fable about a fisherman and a businessman which goes […]
Why My Dog is my Mentor?
By April 2, 2012 4 Comments
I am not ashamed to admit that my dog Henry is my mentor. When I state that he is a genius and one of my greatest role models, people tend to look at me as though I’m a lunatic. It gets even more disturbing when they find out that I mentor other people for a […]