The fight against boring Powerpoint presentations continues…

I get a lot of compliments about my presentations, mainly because I use big images, minimal text and a sense of humour. The following presentation is a good one to Read More

From being homeless to being worth $2.5 billion

I love reading stories about people who have overcome real hardship to become incredibly successful. Most of the time these people are very generous and huge contributors back to society Read More

Beautifully imperfect.

Sometimes life seems to overtake us and we lose perspective. This movie is one of those wonderful reminders that being “Beautifully Imperfect” is what makes people so perfect. Take a Read More

BULLETPROOF YOUR BUSINESS NOW – released in Australia and New Zealand

From my experience there are two kinds of businesses in the world – those that have had tough times in the past and those that will have tough times in Read More

Some very clever advertisements

The following presentation shows some very clever print advertisements at work. I love this kind of smart advertising and it shows that good ideas are not about spending a lot Read More

September 2009 in Sydney – Flying Solo LIVE!

If you are a soloist in business then there is an event in Sydney in September that you really need to put in the diary. The Flying Solo team (www.flyingsolo.com.au) have Read More

Some wise words on a New York subway wall…

I am currently on a promotional tour of the USA – a country that I just love. I will give my thoughts on what is happening over here on both Read More

The way we are….

“You are the way you are because that’s the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing Read More

The tao of the Hot Dog

Today I heard a very powerful story about a hot dog stand. This hot dog stand was run by an old man who had started if many, many years ago. Read More

Now is the time to get serious about business development

I read an interesting article recently talking about how Apple had ramped up its advertising and business development activity when all of its competitors had cut theirs back. Interesting to Read More

Andrew to present at Australian Booksellers Association Conference in Sydney

This weekend Andrew is one of the main keynote presenters at the 2009 Australian Booksellers Association National Conference being held in Manly. Andrew’s presentation was so well received last year Read More

The power of photography.

The wonder of photography never ceases to amaze me and I am in awe of my friends who are professional photographers. I came across this slide show today and I Read More

Andrew presents to Professionals Chairmans Club 2009

Well known real estate corporation, Professionals Real Estate, had their Annual Chairmans Club 2009 event in Palm Cove this week. Andrew Griffiths was invited to present to the top 25 Read More

Make a decision up front about what type of sales person you want to be

We all know the corny clichés about sale people being smooth, silver tongued, slick and basically dishonest sharks.  Thank goodness those days are long gone, or at least well on Read More

Winning a franchise is really just Child’s Play

I came across a very interesting and creative business recently called Childsplay Marketing. The company is the baby of Daniel Rechnitzer, clearly an innovative fella who is taking a novel Read More