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What's Your Inverted Yield Curve Canary In The Mine

This week I learned of the dreaded inverted yield curve [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/invertedyieldcurve.asp]. Bluntly, its occurrence means a recession is likely coming soonish. Apparently this is a historical precursor to a significant downturn. It’s when long-term interest rates get lower than short-term ones. Especially

Courage Is A Muscle

Lewis Pugh [http://lewispugh.com/] is a remarkable athlete. An endurance swimmer campaigning for marine protection reserves. His latest challenge being to swim the entire length of the English Channel. All the way from Land’s End to Dover (25min explanatory vid [https://youtu.be/RI6RlUJwwjc]). I watched The Long

Swap Agenda For Food Spot Ideas

[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/18/anthony-bourdains-last-interview-trump-weinstein-and-travel] This above is a selection from the last interview before his recent suicide of innovative chef turned food travelogue presenter, Anthony Bourdain. I couldn’t help but feel the Sales parallel when first chatting with someone new to you when wandering

Ready To Sing Your 11 O'Clock Number?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiKWoesoRN8 The weekend I blog this the world it seems has gone potty for Mamma Mia. More Abba in the air can surely never be a bad thing. Hats off to the trio of ladies that made all this happen. The genre-creating first and

Have You Mapped Your Pin Positions

Arh, golf. The days I lost to the game in my youth now feel tales of legend. Or folly. If only I could remember which. Most people are probably familiar with what a course guide looks like. The yardages and hazards of each hole mapped out. Helping amateur and pro

Are You Selling The Two Luxuries Of Modern Life

The talking head pictured here is assessing the huge impact of the Jumbo Jet. On its fiftieth anniversary, I enjoyed watching plaudits take off in the direction of Boeing and their 747. Author Mark Tungate suggests that one secret to its success was that it unleashed the following; > the

Project Unicorn

[http://www.sportbible.com/football/funny-england-players-enjoy-unicorn-racing-the-day-after-win-over-tunisia-20180619] England footballers in the pool the day after winning their first 2018 World Cup group game in a unicorn race -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I once contemplated writing a pamphlet entitled something like 100 words that sell. Way back then, I’d just begun blogging. Having an

Dealmaker in Chief Deal Length Lesson

> “You know, deals that take too long are never good ones. When a deal takes so long, they never work out.” So spoke The Donald to Britain’s biggest selling daily before his way through Blighty in between this week’s NATO and Putin summits. There’s a well

Superbrat's Top 3 Club Player Tips

John McEnroe, tennis legend. Nowadays the best pundit in that game. At Wimbledon each year he’s got to hosting a phone-in show on national radio. Whilst not a natural in this sphere – speaking to everyday folk perhaps doesn’t extend beyond checkin or waiting staff – he still does a

Leaving Prospects With Your Tetris Effect

Recognise these? They’re the blocks that fall from the top of your screen in arguably the world’s favourite old-school video game, Tetris [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris]. (Several free online versions now exist.) Something I’ve blogged on before courtesy of its remarkable origin story [http://salespodder.