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There’s more to movies Part 1

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...

My afternoons with margeuritte

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...

Pick Yourself

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....

A meeting of minds

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,...

Are job seekers entrepreneurs?

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...

“Where’s the manual for this thing?”

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...

When is a sales person not a sales person?

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...

Pulling your finger out

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...