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Speaking of MAKE IT COUNT website…

Sorry I forgot to mention there is an event on the 28th of March in Sydney, done as part of the MAKE IT COUNT promotion by HP. Check it out Read More

A presenters worst nightmare…

Anyone who presents has the deep seeded fear that at some stage their computer will freeze. Well I think this video captures that nightmare in a very funny way for Read More

Share an idea on how to save money and you could win $50,000

I recently started working with the folks at HP on their “MAKE IT COUNT” website. Here myself and some well known writers from the Flying Solo team are providing Small Read More

Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty Read More

KEY PERSON OF INFLUENCE PUBLISHING DAY – Melbourne 9th of March

Well last Saturday I had the pleasure of running a full day publishing workshop for our second KPI Group in Melbourne. It was a HUGE day all round and once Read More

Professional Presenters Bootcamp – Cairns – March 29th 2012

My first Professional Presenters Bootcamp will be held in Cairns in March this year. We have a few spaces left, but it does tend to fill quite quickly. Spaces are Read More

RECHARGE….a great read.

Anyone out there who needs to put a bit of zing back into their business or their company should take the time to read this book by Alan Hargreaves. Alan Read More

Welcome to the “Age of Entrepreneur”

I love Thursday mornings because its when I get my weekly newsletter from a website called Springwise. Now, what on earth could this email contain that could get someone like Read More

The Big Book of Small Business heads to China

My latest book, the Big Book of Small Business is going to be published in China. The contract is signed and the translation has begun. Most of my books are Read More

Lessons from the Colonel…

There is no doubt that KFC is a very successful business. But when you consider that the Colonel himself, Colonel Harland Sanders (I’m not sure what army he was a Read More

Talking about Super Bowl television commercials…

If you want to see some very good television commercials, check out this link to all 54 Super Bowl Sunday commercials. Running in at $3.5 million for a 30 second Read More

Clint Eastwood, Super Bowl and Patriotism – this television commercial has the lot.

This is a commercial developed purely for the Super Bowl, to be shown at half time. It is a powerful, patriotic commercial featuring Clint Eastwood that certainly gets the emotional Read More

Sitting on the dock of the bay…

Please forgive my indulgence but I really felt a need to share this clip from the “Playing for Change” series as well. The gentleman that starts the song off is Read More

The power of uniting people with a shared passion…

The Playing for Change organisation continues to influence millions of people around the world, showcasing the more unified side of cultural diversity. This clip is a song that was developed Read More

Damn these interruptions…

Most people would tend to agree that relationships are really important for business success, but building these relationships takes a solid commitment of time and energy. But when you feel Read More