When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. Hugh Lawson White US politician (1773 – 1840)
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Where to invest in 2009 – back to basics
I make no claims whatsoever to be a financial expert, please never ask me for financial advice as I’m not qualified to give it. Sure I can read a balance sheet and profit & loss account as well as the next man – and a whole lot better than many. It’s that I leave theContinue reading “Where to invest in 2009 – back to basics”
The Weekend Read 11 – Onora O’Neill – A Question of Trust.
This slim volume is the transcript of the Reith lectures given by Baroness O’Neill in 2002. Easily readable, it presents a philosopher’s view of trust and deception and asks whether and how trust can be restored in a modern democracy. What’s that got to do with Dentistry? Business? Coaching? Everything. A challenging, provocative read forContinue reading “The Weekend Read 11 – Onora O’Neill – A Question of Trust.”
Jargon busting
Tech Terms to Avoid David Pogue writes for the New York Times on computers and has also written several useable books on the Apple Mac. This is from a recent blog and deals with those people who I love to hate, the purveyors of technospeak. We have all met them using a language of their ownContinue reading “Jargon busting”
Selfless Selling
This is from the excellent Robert Middleton http://www.actionplan.com It’s a good alternative to all the “ethical selling for professionals” courses. The Spirit of Selfless Selling The words “sell, sales and selling” may be the most misunderstood in the English language. We see selling as a necessary evil, something to be avoided at all costs, an undertaking that’sContinue reading “Selfless Selling”
The Monday Morning Quote #14
“If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others.You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.” The Dalai Lama
News of The Week
The biggest news of the week has to be the election of a new American President. This series of 80 or so photographs are excellent for their simplicity and truth. I felt like I was looking at somebody’s family album. Watch them here and here’s John Naughton’s eloquent take on them from his blog MemexContinue reading “News of The Week”
The Weekend Read 10 – The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
OK I admit it, this is more than just a weekend read but you need a place to start. Subtitled as: ‘A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self’ we’re obviously back in tree hugging territory here, a place of which I’m very fond. I enjoy the nitty gritty of spreadsheets, cash flows andContinue reading “The Weekend Read 10 – The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron”
The Surgeon’s Gap
My first awareness of Dan Sullivan was 6 or 7 years ago when a friend returned from a session with Dan in Toronto and gave me a copy of a presentation called “The Gap”. I have recently listened to the tape again and this time it clicked with me. Is it that I’m just aContinue reading “The Surgeon’s Gap”
The Monday Morning Quote #13
“There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man’s lawful prey.” Another quote from Ruskin to mark my return to work after a great holiday. It’s eyes down for the next 7 weeks, when I reflectContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #13”
The Incisal Edge 