Recovering from Setbacks!

Recovering from Setbacks!

I was going through some long lost photos in my files when I stumbled on this photo of me after a stumble. It happened a few years ago when I was running a long, glorious 10-miler (16 Km) through hill country along a fairly notorious muddy road. As is my wont, I found...
Constant Prospecting!

Constant Prospecting!

In listening to an interview with octogenarian, Peter Clemenger, one of the founders of 75-year old Clemenger Advertising, a survivor in a world where advertising agencies come and go with amazing rapidity, I was reminded of a great rule to live by. When asked what...
Speaking With Authority

Speaking With Authority

When giving a presentation many people just stand up and deliver it as fast as possible, at constant pace and volume. Others, who are often armed with prepared notes and read from them, deliver in a flat monotonous tone, barely pausing to emphasise anything they have...
From the Vault: Make It Happen!

From the Vault: Make It Happen!

Success in business is as much about attitude as it is about aptitude. If you feel good about business when you contemplate the next twelve months, the odds are that you’re going to do really well. Life is full of self-fulfilling prophecies. Feel positive, expect...
Sad news

Sad news

Many of you would have known or met my great mate in the speaking industry, Doug Malouf. Doug passed away recently after a relatively short illness but he had regrettably been taken off the stage some years before because of Parkinson’s Disease. This affected his...