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quirky

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

Depolarisation Digging

[https://www.depolarizationproject.com/] I recently came across this explanatory box on the California-based Depolarization Project. Which British Liberal Democrat Alison Goldsworthy “set up in the wake of the 2016 presidential elections to encourage people with opposing views to listen and learn from each other”. Wherever your perch on the

What Are Your Prospect's Key Purpose Targets?

I’m not one to wallow in Scottish politics. Dominated by so-called Progressives, they happily borrow a favoured Leftist line at the moment; “nobody votes to make themselves poorer”. Both facetious and flawed, this pillar of logic for them is particularly troublesome now when it comes to campaigning for breaking

Can You Fashion An Emergency Rebrand Like Noble Planet Savers?

My re-usable takeaway coffee mug. Making many more video meetings. I know how impossible it is to get a little wind turbine on a Cape roof. No polyester clothing. Taking less flights than Emma Thompson. I’ve long been fond of trying to do my bit to save the planet.

Most To Least Favoured Political Mapping

I spent much of the weekend this chart appeared in The Times print edition (Sat 27 Apr 2019) obsessing over the graphic. Not necessarily the topic whence it hails. More, the implications for solution selling. I’ve brightened my original photo colours somewhat. They show starkly what might well happen

Is Your Number Catchy As 996?

Here’s a definition. It comes from Chinese working conditions; > (Chinese: 工作制; pinyin: Jiǔjiǔliù gōngzuò zhì), 996 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system] is the work schedule at many a tech company in China, which means an individual works 9am to 9pm, 6 days per week.

The Last Two Minutes

Machinations, dance routines or general obfuscations might plague the bulk of a meeting with a prospect. Yet never let them get the worse of you and lull you into a fatal switch off at the death. Here’s an introspective exchange between two hardened interviewers of politicians: > Iain Dale:

The Notre Dame Objection Handle

1989. Quite the year. Aren’t they all? The 200th anniversary of La Republic. Springtime saw my first visit to Paris. So terrific, I returned at Summer’s end. Staying around the adjacent Latin Quarter often, the ancient cathedral a constant presence in your peripheral vision. Today it stands in

What's Your Lid Handle

The ablutions inside The Ivy restaurant in central Birmingham contain this little marvel. There’s a saying I do like to use: > we put a man on the moon before we put wheels on a suitcase (Here expanded to extol anew video conferencing early-’19 by the ever reliable

Refill Your 'What Is It You Do' Answer

There’s a green initiative throughout England promoting reusable vessels to refill with café provided tapwater. Birmingham, which has some of the finest tapwater on the planet as piped in from pristine crystal Welsh lakes, recently launched their push. On a local tv news website organiser Michael Addison was first

Fantasy Brexit Chasing Rainbows Stop The Clock

This post features three phrases I’ve heard over the past week around Friday gone’s one-time EU/UK B-Day for its title. Each has its own interesting sales objection and their prevention parallel. Fantasy Brexit refers to the fact that the UK’s lawmakers are failing to coalesce around