by martingibbons | Jun 1, 2011 | Personal Development
Top 5 movies Julie, Ruaridh and I talk about our top 5 movies quite often. But there is more than one top 5 list. For instance; 1) top 5 movies I could watch repeatedly 2) top 5 movies I feel Ruaridh should see 3) top 5 movies that make me laugh 4) top 5 movies that...
by martingibbons | Apr 24, 2011 | Reviews
http://www.myafternoons.co.uk/ This simple wee French film has just shot into my top 5 favourite films. I can’t remember what the other 4 are, except for one, “conversations with my Gardner” by the same director and another French masterpiece. So...
by martingibbons | Apr 7, 2011 | Interesting Miscellanea, Personal Development
Not only does the following video make me laugh every time I see it, it also illustrates the difference between a traditional Scottish take on psychology and effects on the psyche compared to an American and more modern take on things. I’m not sure that Scotland...
by martingibbons | Mar 22, 2011 | Career Development, Personal Development
Another great post from Seth Godin called Reject the tyranny of being picked: pick yourself From a behavioral psychology perspective we all have, to varying degrees, the habit of waiting to be picked. It’s something that is drilled into us from an early age....
by martingibbons | Mar 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
It doesn’t happen often but just occasionally you have a meeting of minds. It’s a rare and beautiful thing. I’m not sure if it’s a personality thing though. Todays meeting was with two people from opposite ends of the personality spectrum,...
by Martin | Mar 2, 2011 | Personal Development
Been talking with a few members of The 3 Step System To Land your Dream Job Doing Something You Love (The 3 Step System for short) recently and questions about entrepreneurism keep coming up. It made me wonder what’ s the difference between a job hunter and an...
by Martin | Oct 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
On Saturday 23rd October I spoke at an event held by http://www.marketinghelpforcoaches.com/ on the subject of Personality Centric Marketing. Our personality is the most influential factor in the decisions we make, particularly the buying decisions we make. This talk...
by Martin | Apr 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Our businesses are all run by people, yet nobody understands how they work. When I was a boy every car came with a Haynes Manual. This was mainly because cars were quite unreliable and most people did their own repairs and maintenance. Humans are much more complicated...
by Martin | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Working with a great bunch last week. They deliberately do not hire traditional sales people and yet all their people are paid on commission. Why? Because they outsell traditional sales people by ten to one. Their training course shows you how to ignore buying...
by Martin | Feb 24, 2010 | Personal Development
Been having a chat with @TracyBrinkmann on Twitter. It started like this My initial answer went like this I suppose we are both right. It is really difficult coming up with goals that genuinely motivate you. Coming up with a bunch of stuff you would like to have is...