“When you’re going through hell, keep going!” Winston Churchill
Monthly Archives: September 2008
The Weekend Read: 8. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
I have just returned from running the Cirencester Park 10K. This is the first ‘serious’ part of the build up to the next London Marathon and I thought I would feature a book that I have just bought but haven’t opened so this will be my weekend read. Haruki Murakami is a highly rated novelistContinue reading “The Weekend Read: 8. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”
The Weekend Read: 7 The Road Less Travelled
I read this week’s book several years ago, but for some reason it didn’t make as much of an impact on me as it did second time round. Thanks to Jo Daly from Springs Dental Practice in Darlington for reminding me about it. Any book that starts: ‘Life is difficult. This is a great truth, oneContinue reading “The Weekend Read: 7 The Road Less Travelled”
Dance like there’s no one watching
From youtube this is clever and if you’re anywhere near my vintage you’ll find it impossible to keep still. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jAT0o2dY6M
The Monday Morning Quote #8
“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to makeContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #8”
The Weekend Read: 6. Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion
The author, Robert Cialdini, has pulled off a difficult trick. This is a serious academic book that is tremendously easy to read and very entertianing. He sets out the basic principles of persuasive techniques using anecdotes and experiments. You will really enjoy this book and, if I am right and how to persuade people becomes anContinue reading “The Weekend Read: 6. Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion”
Riding Dead Horses
This came from John Niland’s newsletter and he attributes it to Iain Robertson (who I don’t know). The tribal wisdom of the North Dakota Indians, passed down from generation to generation, says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse the best strategy is to dismount. However, customers often attempt a whole range of far moreContinue reading “Riding Dead Horses”
Rick Wright
In the summer of 1972 I had just finished a term and a half at Tadcaster Grammar School in West Yorkshire and was working in the warehouse at the Bass Charrington Tower brewery in the town of Tadcaster itself. I knew that my hopes of getting sufficient A-level grades to get to university were prettyContinue reading “Rick Wright”
The Monday Morning Quote #7
“Don’t do it unless it’s fun. Make it fun. (Always possible, for me.) Make it fun for others. (Which makes it fun / more fun for you.)” Tom Peters
The Weekend Read: 5. Blackie
Steve Black www.steveblack.co.uk the bearded Geordie who has used his innovative skills to train, coach & prepare successful teams from all backgrounds is described, amongst other things, as a motivator, coach, psychologist, priest, councillor, psychiatrist, comedian, strategist, facilitator, and friend. His background has encompassed organising nightclub security, a spell as a professional boxer and a degree inContinue reading “The Weekend Read: 5. Blackie”
The Incisal Edge 