What If Your Brilliant Plan Is Solving The Wrong Problem?
Picture this. You and your best friend are having a picnic by the river. As you're sipping your drinks and chatting about life and such, suddenly you hear a shout. You…
Re/Think Zone
Sharp Lessons From The Room
Most of these ideas aren't mine. The connections are.
Think of me as your filter. Thousands of business books. Millions of articles. Endless podcast episodes.
I collect the ideas worth keeping. I test them. I sharpen them. I connect them. I strip away the BS.
Then I give them back in plain English.
One useful idea every two weeks. Enough to help you see what you couldn't see before. Pull on any thread. See where it takes you....
Warren Buffett: If You Can’t Communicate, It’s Like Winking At A Girl In The Dark — Nothing Happens.
“If you improve your communication skills, both written and verbal, I guarantee you that you will earn fifty percent more money over your lifetime,” Warren Buffett said…
Why Stephen King Spends 'Months and Even Years' Writing Opening Sentences
Forget what they told you in school. Copywriting isn’t like the regular writing you used to study there. Copywriting is headlines, hooks, and stories. Crafted to get…
6 Horizons Of Focus: How To Think Strategically About What You Should Be Doing
"Step 1: Know exactly what you want. Have a big vision that is crystal clear. Step 2: Know exactly what is true. See reality for what it is and accept the honest facts…
Are You Able To Put Yourself In The Other Person’s Shoes?
This is an emotional video featuring an architect Uwe Grahl. Watched it with my client as a warming-up before I asked simple questions. How many times per day do you…
Why most cover letters are terrible & how to make yours better
I have so much to tell you and so little time. So, let's not waste much of the latter and just jump right in. Got friends who only talk about themselves? When they do…
It’s Time To Flip The Funnel
”Make new friends, but keep the old, One is silver and the other gold.” You’ve probably heard this rhyme. You may think that’s an old, tired, worn-out cliche, but it…
How much is an avocado?
The answer is, it depends. It depends on the season, the stock levels, the shop and whether it's ripe or not. The most important factor, though, is the context in which…
Don't Tell Me, Show Me
In 1911 at Earl’s Court station the people who ran the underground knew they've got themselves into a problem. They just unveiled something no one had seen before. It…
The Donkey Died. You Don’t Have To.
We’re all busy. We’ve all taken on too much. So saying yes to less is the only way out. When we give a “yes” when there should be a “no”, we give away a little piece of…
Consider what you don’t see
During WWII, the Allies were dropping bombs on German cities like there was no tomorrow. The Germans, not too thrilled about that, shot back at Allied bombers. So…
What Can The Lighthouse Teach You About Marketing?
I have so much to tell you and so little time. So, let's not waste much of the latter and just jump right in. In a business world where the competition claims to be 1…