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sport & selling

A collection of 408 issues

Process Equipment Results

I did something Sunday I do rarely these days. I planned to watch a grand prix. For over a decade the paint drying on a nearby ceiling has been more interesting. Yet all of a sudden, the pants can wet. There were flashes of it last year. Jenson Button’s

Constant Video Reminders

English rugby club Saracens clearly want to break the mould. They appear to deliberately seek out innovation [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/06/saracens-ipads-statistics-heineken-cup] . There’s a couple of things about this that interests the salesman in me. Overall, how is any salesforce trying to introduce innovation

Suggestopedia

I was gripped by the climax of golf’s US Masters. What a blight that the host club themselves are such disgraceful dinosaurs. Still, although the winner was an American, rather than my favourite tractor boy from near Cape Town, Louis Oosthuizen, it was an American of which we can

Pyramid Of Success

England can rejoice. Stuart Lancaster gets the top rugby job. He is now our managerial hope to bring world cup glory, back on home turf in 2015. All along S African Nick Mallett was expected to waltz into Twickenham. Yet the product of the national coaching system grew into the

McEnroe's Desire

John McEnroe. Awesome 80s tennis champion. Bit of a temper, though. In the rush to dampen expectations following an English junior US open victory, one journo in The Times looks at the real qualities needed to be a courtside superstar. He quoted ‘Mac’. On his most important quality of a

Visualisation

I meandered around paper sites the other day for a quick sport fix and stayed on this lengthy article [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/sep/16/fernando-torres-goal-drought] , notable for it’s welcome, different approach. Perhaps it’s because it’s written by a woman. An overall decent

England Rugby World Beater Mission

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2011/09/2003-england-rugby-world-cup-winners.jpg] As the latest Rugby World Cup kicks-off in New Zealand there’s been a great deal of reflection in England upon the past two tournaments. England were crowned champions in 2003 and runners-up in 2007. When they conquered all, England

Target Expectations

So the GB team hit its target for the World Athletics champs. I was riveted by the event this past week. It had so much compelling raw sport drama with countless close comps, the latest Usain Bolt soap instalment and discovering Sally Pearson. As for my team, seven medals was

On Top Of The Cricket World

The Boss wants everyone to pull together as a team. The quota-busters at the coal-face prefer to plough their own furrow. In as much isolation as possible. Here’s the paradox. Every single sales function I’ve ever worked with has called itself a “team”. Yet as I write I

Denise Lewis' Pain Threshold

[http://www.formans.co.uk/home.php] What a terrific day the Hackney Wick festival [www.hackneywickfestival.org.uk/] indeed was. A highly promising space in the locale of the stunning Olympic Park. Currently being transformed by a bohemian influence, with all manner of entertaining lesbian colonies, acid casualties and