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quirky

ideas and experiences with a selling angle that come from left-field

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'

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

What Post-Date Text Timing Reminds Us About First Meeting Follow-Ups

So there you have it. Science has settled it. When it comes to looking for love, playing it either too keen or too cool turns out counter-productive. I'm surprised reporters on this study didn't jump to the label, Goldilocks. For when given hypothetical scenarios following a

Hot-Take Dating On Prospect First Meeting

"Introducing “hot-take dating”, the most efficient way to find love today". So stated a twenty-something journalist choosing to use said method on a new date of her own. In the hope of getting if nothing else, then at least a decent article out of it. I know what

Pitch Close Rinse Repeat

Yes our self-appointed global metropolitan elite overlords yet again exposed for what they are. Downfall through "human vanity, greed, abuse and corruption". Widely denounced after release of three million files surrounding one utterly disgraced, super-connected American 'financier'. Journalists pore over such staggering source volume for a

Outrageous Predictions

Sometimes sales leaders wish to have a pair of large separate internal gatherings. One for an end-of-year wrap, another for the new year's gee up. Up 'til 2020 at any rate, this felt a preferred formatting. We've long had Quarterly signpost meetings. Most have monthlies

Where Deals Go To Die

I've blogged on this a fair few times down the years. Whenever someone wants to stop a decision being made, they ensure opponents suffer drowning by data. Intended to tie those with whom they wish to stymie up in knots for the duration to the point of inaction.

Zelensky's Trump Tactic

Davos. Yep. Insert own adjective for that annual WEF talking shop. It turns out America won't invade Iceland. Europe will raise military spending. And the penumbra of evil, criminal oppressors is never far away. On this latter point, Ukraine President Zelensky spoke about the status of the invasion

That's a Great Idea!

Here's the summation of a senior exec on colleagues that have, it seems, begun to run everything past ChatGPT. No matter the true veracity of their work-related notion, the AI bot response is always "super positive". Even when asked for any downsides, it appears any are

Cyan Monday

Don't forget 'Blue Monday's is consumerist drivel. It's just another day we are lucky to see. Especially if you can get out in nature. pic.twitter.com/aCfMD4sirY — Ian Acheson 🇬🇧☘️ (@NotThatBigIan) January 19, 2026 Well today's the day. The worst of