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sport & selling

A collection of 402 issues

Don't Dwell On Defeat

Scot Andy Murray seems a highly focused tennis player unencumbered by the demands of rolling news and celebrity tittle tattle editors. After losing his Wimbledon semi to Roddick, it seems he was asked in his press conference [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2009-07-03/200907031246624391765.html] (quarter of

Business Angel TV

Gerry Robinson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Robinson] is a fella that gives good business telly. I’ve blogged [http://salespodder.com/?s=gerry] about his insight before. Whilst the format of his latest show (Gerry’s Big Decision) as these things are want to do, goes out of

Zombieconomy Sales Angle

The couple of dozen people I shared chats with over the weekend of Michael Jackson’s death all praised Thriller as a spellbindingly awesome album. No one had any problem telling me how much they liked his pre-light-skin recordings. As of right now, it’s impossible to avoid hearing his

Stay In The Present

During a deliciously tense Wimbledon tussle, a commentator asked 1997 Flushing Meadows Finalist Greg Rusedski what a particular tennis player should do to fight through. He answered by passing on what every sports psychologist he’d met would say. > stay in the present He elaborated. Only focus on controlling what

Textbook Buying A Car

All salespeople are lousy buyers. We are generally easily sold, get distracted by the sales technique of the vendor and tend to be unable to apply the mirror of the skills that make us successful sellers. I came across a delightful five-minute snapshot of how you should go about buying

Who's On Your Team?

In the ubiquitous coffee-shop that is London, I glanced through a broadsheet and enjoyed an article about how bands have, after delivering their latest opus, often been told by record labels to go back and “write some singles [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5982026.ece]

Think Ahead

There’s a show on the Beeb that I watched once only to realise that the hostess was so singularly untalented and undeserving of her role that the show was rendered unwatchable. There does however appear to be the once-off saviour of two stellar guests that can rise above questioner’

Graham Hill's Drive

As his wikipedia entry so succinctly states, Graham Hill [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hill] is the only driver to win the so-called Triple Crown of Motorsport, namely the F1 World Championship (twice), Le Mans and the Indy 500. I just watched a fascinating BBC doc on his life,

Seb's Observations

I can’t remember the last time I looked forward to buying a newly published book. When I discovered, via The Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/london2012/5100232/Sebastian-Coe-interview.html] , that one of my quartet of boyhood sporting heroes has a new tome out on the

The Brains of Brawn

For over a decade the completely fan-ignoring circus that is Formula One motor racing has held little appeal for me. Fans want tight races, constant overtaking, driving skill over pitstop strategy, competent administrators and plenty of personalities. All five have been absent for a generation. To remedy this, radical rule