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quirky

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

$25m Question Tip

So, after watching Brazil rout USA 4-1 in my hotel room, I came across CNN. Thankfully Piers Morgan’s show was being hosted by someone else. I’m sure Mr Morgan has many a talent. Alas, interviewing is not one of them. Yet I do tune in occasionally in the

Ideational Perseveration

This can misleadingly sound like a daunting phrase to get your head around. Don’t fret it; > You have one specific idea. And you relentlessly persevere with it. You continually pursue the thoughts, ambitions, dreams of that idea. I learned this at around 6.30am in a San Francisco

Zones Of Antagonism

The strangely entertaining (for a foreigner) New York Times Close Up slot features as its host the accomplished yet bizarrely expressionless Sam Roberts. On NY1 this weekend featured an English author’s new book. Peter Pringle in Experiment Eleven (reviews on this Amazon link [http://www.google.co.uk/url?

Thinking Report

Being five hours behind in New York, I caught an item on BBC Radio 5 I would never normally catch. Su Chang eloquently dissected how Beijing Uni is sending students for internet cessation [http://efcoffeeroom.blogspot.com/2012/05/beijing-university-is-to-relaunch.html] classes. By pure fluke, the package on Radio 4

Premier League Awards

One for sales management. The climax of the English top flight football league was astonishing. A double-strike inside five added minutes of stoppage time earned Manchester City the title in the very last match. One newspaper review of the season made me think of many a sales conference hoo-rah I’

Learning Enthusiast

I learnt about the latest education buzzword the other day. From an aspirant Asst Head no less. At a recent conference, English school bosses were derided for coining the phrase ‘teachability‘. Its context; do teachers want to learn? They also talked about wanting to promote ‘learning enthusiasts’. Apparently, teachers in

Webform Spam

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2011/10/spamtin.jpg] Here’s exact text I came across as posted through a corporate comment box. The kind that hopes for random contact from a cold prospect. It was headed “Thought regarding your website“, and subheaded “google“; > I’ve helped hundreds

The Hour Between Dog And Wolf

Here’s a book written by a former Wall St trader who retrained as a neuroscientist. The title apparently refers to a french phrase for twilight. On Radio 4 Thursday, I heard him explain more. Here’s a taster of his publisher’s blurb [http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/

Bleeding Gaia Dry

What a legend, the nonagenarian scientist James Lovelock. Incredible inventor (microwave oven) and leading thinker (“Gaia”, the earth as self-regulating organism). I caught an as ever fascinating interview [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/tls/tls_20120508-0930b.mp3] with him on Radio 4’s The Life Scientific from 8

After The Lord Mayor's Show

So, after the Rusky and French presidents, Europe’s largest personal political mandate went once again to Boris last Friday night. Phew. London is safe for four more years. When in America recently, watching the Republicans tear themselves to shreds, I noted one particular debate question recur; Define your brand