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These are the kinds of problems that are worth having and if you advance, as Thoreau said, in the general direction of your dreams, you may have them. If you advance in the direction of someone else’s dreams—if you want to live someone else’s life rather than yours—then get a TV for every room, buy [...]
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Tom Peters gives some great advice to Leaders: LEADING Through Meetings Find me a boss (or non-boss) who doesn’t constantly bitch about “too damn many meetings”—I’ve never found one. But here is the irreducible fact of “boss-world”: Meetings are what bosses do. There is no escape. And if that is true, then, also by definition, [...]
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Last year I read Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers. Apart from the stellar writing (everything he writes is a pleasure to read), he came up with a few key points. The first being the 10,000 hour rule. The upshot here is, that it takes a lot of concentrated practice to get good at something. We can all relate to [...]
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In a speech given by Sir Gerry Robinson, for the London Business Forum, he makes the claim that you’ll never succeed in business unless you’re capable of motivating and inspiring other people. Gerry says that, while most things in business can be learned (I’d say almost all), there are a few things, which your either have [...]
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It might seem natural to curt spending on advertising during a recession, but it would be madness. McGraw Hill carried out two studies: Advertising during a recession creates 132% more 5-year sales growth over those that didn’t advertise, or cut their budget. Advertising during the 1981-82 recession created a 256% increase in sales growth by [...]
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