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It’s official – The Business of Being an Author is officially launched and available to purchase.

My new book, The Business of Being an Author, has now been released. This is my 15th book, and in many ways, one of the most important I’ve written. Not Read More

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The world does feel like it’s going crazy right now. The last few years have been intense, this year even more so.  And for a lot of business owners, that Read More

Is 2026 the year you stop thinking about writing a book and actually become an author?

Is 2026 the year you stop thinking about writing a book and actually become an author? This means not just “getting a book done”, but writing a world class book Read More

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THE BUSINESS OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER – WORKSHOP SERIES EARLY 2014

I get asked all the time about the business of being a paid speaker. It’s an unusual business, that is constantly evolving and one that I have spent about 15 Read More

PREVENT PRESENTATION POLLUTION

3 Steps to Prevent PRESENTATION POLLUTION by @slidecomet from Slide Comet

NOBODY READS NEWSLETTERS ANY MORE RIGHT?

NOBODY READS NEWSLETTERS ANY MORE RIGHT? It’s easy to dismiss newsletters as a marketing tool, after all nobody reads them right? Wrong. Nobody reads crappy newsletters that provide little valuable Read More

A very interesting small business snapshot from LinkedIn

I found a number of very interesting statistics on this infographic from LinkedIn. A few problems though – their is no detail regarding how the survey was done or the Read More

Coping with a HUGE setback that could spell the end of your business is tough. What would you do?

To celebrate the Melbourne Cup, here is Jerry Seinfelds take on horse racing – and it makes perfect sense!

When it comes to thinking differently, Virgin America has done it again…

Check out this very cool in flight safety video from the folks at Virgin America. It is kind of over the top, and I can’t see QANTAS embracing this concept, Read More

Life in Half a Second – Matthew Michalewicz

A good friend of mine, Matthew Michalewicz has just released his latest book, Life in Half a Second – and it is a cracker. Matthew is a pretty extraordinary kind Read More

Check out some of the most inspirational world changing young entrepreneurs…..

Legendary sales strategies….

Infographics are very popular these days – but where can you get them done?

Infographics have become popular communication tools across every industry sector in recent years. Piktochart offer templated versions that prove very cost effective (some are free) and a great way to Read More

These images are amazing…

I stumbled across this collection of historical images on Slideshare – some very powerful photos here which I found fascinating windows into key events in our history. Amazing! Rare Historical Read More

Guiness World Record Challenge in Cairns tomorrow…

Nothing like getting a Guiness World Record to attract some publicity. Tomorrow in Cairns the local branch of the Australian Institute of Management are aiming to break the record for Read More

Are you an opportunity addict?

Check out my latest article on Inc.com – I am offering hope for all of you opportunity addicts out there (for the record I am a recovering opportunity addict)….just click Read More

So who exactly reads ebooks?

Who Reads eBooks? [Infographic] from Penguin Random House