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The Weekend Read – Deep Work by Cal Newport

This is a “must read” for anyone who feels they are getting overwhelmed or even too distracted by 21st century life. Subtitled, “Rules for focus success in a distracted world” it does exactly what it says on the cover. I regularly hear complaints from my clients that they are having problems focussing on the mostContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Deep Work by Cal Newport”

Now that’s one way to ask for feedback

  I love reading reviews on Amazon, the 4 & 5 stars tell me something but the 1 star reviews sometimes make me fear for the survival of the human species, “couldn’t get the lid off, “arrived without batteries”, etc. I often wonder where the gap between expectations and reality started as they are soContinue reading “Now that’s one way to ask for feedback”

The truth is you have no choice but to innovate…

“The truth is you have no choice but to innovate.  Business cycles are so fast now, things that work for a period of time don’t work for very long, and you have to keep changing.” Founder and CEO of Tough Mudder, Will Dean in conversation with Sarah Robb O’Hagan. “You just do things that youContinue reading “The truth is you have no choice but to innovate…”

The Weekend Read – Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon

A present from my brother in 2012, this is a small book with a big message that punches well above its weight.  The concept behind Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative is that we learn by copying. The chapter titles are to the point and act as a great guide:Continue reading “The Weekend Read – Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon”

Bad news for online advertisers – you’ve been ’ad – John Naughton

The old line was, “the trouble with advertising is that only 50% of it works and you don’t know which 50%”. My concerns about digital marketing are not about the process per se but rather about the number of people who claim to be “experts”, I think my Linkedin connect requests have become 50% “I’mContinue reading “Bad news for online advertisers – you’ve been ’ad – John Naughton”

The Weekend Read – Getting Things Done by David Allen

David Allen – Getting Things Done – the art of stress free productivity. This is one of those “must read” books, an obligatory member of every coach’s reading list for their clients. The second edition, published in 2015, is just over 300 pages long and comes almost 15 years after the first edition which wasContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Getting Things Done by David Allen”

Kolbe – My Decade of Success – What’s Your Kolbe?

It’s nearly ten years since I completed my Kolbe Accreditation, since then I have shared the my knowledge with hundreds of individuals and helped many teams understand how instinct is so important in knowing themselves and their teams. So over the next few weeks I am revisiting some articles that I wrote back then. What’sContinue reading “Kolbe – My Decade of Success – What’s Your Kolbe?”

The Weekend Read – What they don’t teach you at Harvard Business School by Mark H McCormack

First published in 1984, I see that it is still one of the top sellers in the Business sections of airport book shops. Its very longevity proves that it either must have something going for it or because it has always been popular it must be good. Well you pays your money and you takesContinue reading “The Weekend Read – What they don’t teach you at Harvard Business School by Mark H McCormack”

30 years on…thanks for the lessons Dad.

My father retired from work 30 years ago and, had he lived, would have been 95 today. He left school in 1938 aged 16 and started work for WH Smith & Son leaving them in 1954 to join the publishers and stationers William Collins where he finally became sales director.   I keep a framed copy of this profile on my workroom wallContinue reading “30 years on…thanks for the lessons Dad.”