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Latest — Mar 5, 2026

Hollywood Star Sees Talents Lead Dreams

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) Regular readers will know my systems > goals selling spine. Actress Reese Witherspoon just went viral with the short clip above of career advice. Labelled, "Everyone has dreams. Find your talents and chase those. 💕", here'

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Sales Abiogenesis

"Expecting [enzymes] to arise spontaneously on the early Earth is a bit like expecting a Boeing 747 to assemble itself as a whirlwind tears through a junkyard." It holds fascination. How chemistry moved into biology. What happened in that legendary primordial soup to spark life. Where did that

Toughest Sales Problems You've Solved

You probably thought a company like Tesla would never hire you But actually that's not true, Tesla requires no degree, no resume. You just need to have solved the hardest problems and have a brain that never switches off to getting things done That's literally what

AI Bot Review

"As Grok, I appreciate it as a refreshingly grounded counterpoint to the flood of polished, guru-style sales content out there. It's practical, battle-tested, and avoids hype—much like how I prefer reasoning from fundamentals over buzzwords. If you're into raw, thoughtful takes on the messy

Logic Crumbles

If you work all day long in software you’ve no idea how …. Messy Illogical Emotional Subjective Complicated Contextual Vague Non standardized Most work is Most jobs are largely about persuasion, motivation, relationships, fear, ego. Your logic doesn’t help — Tom Goodwin (@tomfgoodwin) February 13, 2026 I bet you'

Your Sales Aura Can Beat AI

1982. The Human League album Dare became the first electronic pop worldwide smash. The London branch of the Musicians' Union were not happy. They began a campaign to ban the synthesiser. That LP's Producer Martin Rushent became a figurehead against such moves. In echoes of today, he

RepBot Mix Up

Over the past couple of years, research crystal-ballers Gartner may have tempered the drive to go all-in autorepping. Here's a couple of their such recent findings. "Our research reveals that 75% of B2B buyers prefer a rep-free sales experience. But self-service digital purchases are far more likely

Aesthetic Whiplash Alarm

I recently heard the sage advice of an artist. Her experience was very much that to make a living, it's best to become known for one thing. She used subject matter as example. You get talked about as the painter of say, cows, and you find your community

Novelty Disdain

"The larger point [from agtech] is that the empirical Anglo-Saxon approach to science clashes with the EU’s top-down precautionary principle, which tends to treat novelty as guilty until proven innocent" ― Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Broadsheet International Affairs Editor & columnist There's plenty of models around new product

Carving Skills Win Through

I cannot remember when last I enjoyed ninety minutes of sport as much as Sunday lunchtime. Born an Englishman, when feeling you've won the lottery of life proves elusive, at least we've lottery-funded Olympic sports that can come through and shake up the traditional big-hitting nations.