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The Mindful Entrepreneur
My short article “The Mindful Entrepreneur” was published in Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Octane magazine this month. The story of why I got rid of the iPhone and Blackberry devices from my life last...
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Kill the Cow
A family lives in the outskirts of a remote village on a small plot of land. The family own one cow. Each day they live from the milk of the cow. If there is little milk, they eat little. It there...
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Most of Life’s Problems are like this Door
I find myself in front on a huge pile of metal keys. Gold keys, iron keys, silver keys, copper keys; Old keys, new keys; Clean keys, dirty keys, rusty keys. A large imposing door is locked behind the...
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It really is the little things that matter most
Yep. The stuff that seems silly. The stuff that is beneath you. The afterthoughts. The stuff that gets left out when you are in a rush, when you are on a mission to meet a deadline, when your work is...
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Blindness through Busy-ness
A wise man is walking through rough, barren terrain. The sun is beating down intensely, drying everything in its burning blaze. He hears a noise in the far distance. It is the sound of digging. As he...
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On perspective. It may be good, it may be bad…
A peasant farmer lives on the outskirts of a village with his family. He comes into the village one day and is visibly disturbed. He speaks to the wise man of the village: “My horse has run away with...
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The Same, but Different
Mark Twain says that as a young man he did not often agree with his father, so he left home. Years later he returns and is amazed at how much smarter his father had become. What changed?
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The Top 10 TED Talks of All Time
These are the top 10 TED talks of all time (by total views on TED.com). 1.- Sir Ken Robinson – Schools kill creativity – 13M views 2.- Jill Bolte Taylor – Stroke of insight – 9.6M views 3.- Steve Jobs...
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New Element Isolated: The Chemistry of Governmentium:
My father sent me an email that made me laugh today. The original source is unknown, but the meaning is universal… The Chemistry of Governmentium The new element is Governmentium (Gv). It has one...
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Terrible or Fantastic? Do we need more Shoes?
In the late 1870s, A Dublin-based shoe company sent 2 salespeople from their head office to a new territory in rural Africa. The two salespeople, Willy and Jimmy, travelled out on boat, trains and...
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Deserving Money? 4 Millionaires Earn and Spend.
Photo Credit: RainerSchuetz The 4 Millionaires Four millionaires are sitting on a park bench. Its a sunny Thursday morning. While many others are working the 9 to 5 routine, George, David, Jonathan...
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Kurt Vonnegut on The Shapes of Stories
Kurt Vonnegut, photo from nndb Kurt Vonnegut is an American writer (1922-2007) famous for his satire and humour in the face of desperate circumstances. He has a wonderful theory on “the shapes of...
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What is a story?
At the very simplest, a story is: A character Who wants something Overcomes obstacles to get it An epic story is A character Who wants something massive And is willing to risk everything to get it The...
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7 Steps to the Perfect Story
Stories are Predictable “We think of stories as a wildly creative art form but within that creativity and that diversity there is a lot of conformity. Stories are very predictable. No matter where you...
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“Presenteeism”
I am currently reading “The Power of Story” by Jim Loehr. In the introduction he puts a name on the widespread condition of “presenteeism“: “Without investing high-quality, focussed energy in the...
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Video Lesson: What is a Story?
The 7 Ingredients of Meaningful Story How do you use these ingredients to find meaning in your life and business?
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Kevin Spacey’s Three Key Elements to a Compelling Story
Today I am sharing a post from John Zimmer... There is a small group of blogs that I always read. One is John Zimmer’s Manner of Speaking. This week he shared a video he found of Kevin Spacey (the...
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Improve your Stories: use more “therefore”s and “but”s
“What if a writer is trying to tell a story and nothing much happens, nothing is resolved…” How to Tell A Boring Story Use: “and then this happened”. The essential ingredient of a boring (it is going...
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There are no Answers, Just Stories
On success, there is no one right answer: You cannot learn absolute rules from another person. You cannot take the life recipe of another person. You can learn from their stories, but only you will...
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A team can be heaven or hell: what makes the difference?
A team can be heaven, a team can be hell: what makes the difference? This is a story I shared a few months ago during the ACE16 conference at Harvard. The story of Heaven and Hell There’s a man that...
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