Understand yourself and read behaviour quickly
From bonkers to brilliant. Discover how people who run businesses behave and learn what drives entrepreneurs and how are we affected by different situations, the decisions we make and the people with whom we work. This subject covers: leadership; communication; decision making; relationships; failure; psychology; conceptual thinking; buyer behaviour and more…
Recommended Reading for Ambitious Innovators
Recommended reading for ambitious innovators
Reading should never be a guilty pleasure. But it can get that way if work pressures really grip and/or family demands mean those precious grains of free time are lost before sleep... Read More
Profit from the Alternative Rhythms of Time
Our planet hosts 4 billion people who scrape by on less than $2 a day.
Yet, perverse as it may sound, 24 hours in a day is not enough time for many people who work in industrialised economies. Lack of time rather than lack of money is an increasingly common complaint amongst the 100,000 million people who earn $20,000 or more annually... Read More
Going faster by slowing down
Going faster by slowing down is a important way think
In my earliest hitchhiking days, any stopping vehicle was an opportunity to travel. The excitement of the moment put me in the car. Going faster by slowing down was a concept outside my impatient grasp... Read More
Men Behaving Badly*
A surprise meeting with Martin Clunes (he of Men Behaving Badly) at a 'Dodgy' Concert in the intimate 'Bush Hall' in London provided the light-bulb moment for this article... Read More
Teenage Love Fires Entrepreneurial Spirit
Teenage love fires entrepreneurial spirit
To describe one of my first loves as a 'big bag' might be a little misleading, but it is quite true.
Like any other 16 year-old, relationships were important to me.
I wasn't necessarily looking for love. But back then I had no idea how or why teenage love fires entrepreneurial spirit.
Fast-forward. Thirty years later, I get goosebumps. And the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end when I think of how we first met.
It was like this... Read More
It is your business to make it happen
Don't wait! It is your business to make it happen
Escaping the clutches of suburban Northampton by hitchhiking to west London might not be everyone's idea of fun on a late Friday afternoon, but I was really up for it... Read More
What are the Best Things in Life?
The Royal Society of the Arts (RSA) recently published a compelling article that carries an important message for entrepreneurs and people running micro businesses. Read More
Present to Influence the Audience
How do you present to influence the audience?
Stood by the roadside thumbing lifts was an empowering experience. Drivers who stopped validated what I was doing and thus hitchhiking became meaningful, worthwhile and rewarding.
Whilst it wasn't rocket science, I always thought carefully in advance about my appearance as well as how and where I stood. And I looked at the driver as the vehicle approached. By thinking about how I should present to influence the audience, I was doing my best to sell the idea of being offered a lift... Read More