Don’t let them into your business, they will kill it! — “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” Warren Buffett I recently answered a question on Quora about ‘closing techniques’, the question itself suggesting the questioner is following an old fashioned and outmoded concept, so…

You are this year what you prepared and trained for in previous years. — “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” Archilochus Think of where you were last year, the year before or even 5 years ago. Are you where you wanted to be by this time? Given the unusual situation that has prevailed…

And it’s the ultimate power for success in life — How do you quantify success? Perhaps you want to get to the top of your profession or career, be a great leader, the best Mother, Father, Husband or Wife you can be, or simply be one of those people that others like and respect? Whatever your ambition in life, there is one skill that runs…

Get ready now, there’s no time to wait! — It’s been a tough and torrid year! Many will see their world falling down around them. The businesses they have built over the years crumbling and seemingly disappearing. But, here’s the thing. We all know after every storm the sun comes out, every challenge creates opportunities, every restriction of supply…

Turns out, teaching kids to be nice people is not so complicated. — Ok, why is a seventy something man character like me watching a romantic film about a mistreated teenager? I would like to say there was some higher motive, but I have to admit, it was more to do with lockdown and boredom, a bottle of red, and a roaring wood…

Honestly, it’s a real gift horse! — The guy on the video said it’s so easy, anyone can do it! He said I deserve it and I owe it to my family! But I had to act quickly to take advantage of the opportunity. I mean, they’re giving a 90% discount and a whole list of special…

The longer you wait, the harder it will be! — There’s one thing you can do better than anyone else, talk to yourself! The power to love life lives inside you, and only you can give it a free voice, make it prominent, protect it from outside influence and give it power to control your life! Now, more than ever…

Those leading to answers you actually want! — Questions are a powerful communication tool — possibly the most powerful! However, the effectiveness of our questions relies heavily on the quality! We use questions all the time, but how many of us think of questioning as a skill that can be developed and perfected as a specific part of…

And realise that today was a good day too. — The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin D. Roosevelt Some days are just plain ordinary! There’s nothing to celebrate, nothing to mourn, it was simply a …….. day. A day of equilibrium, a yardstick to measure the others by. A day to…