By now you know that personal branding is not about changing who you are, but doing more of what you’re already doing right. It's about discovering your unique talents and using them to get ahead in your work and life. Sounds good. The problem with this is that in...
My last blog post, a simple list post, did way better than most of my other content block posts. This is partly because it was unfussy and easy to read. If you missed it you can catch up here (in about 30 seconds). The same is true for marketing messages. If your...
“We don’t want great oratory anymore, we want sound bites,” says sound consultant Julian Treasure his TED talk 5 Ways To Listen Better. “We’re so bombarded with information, we can’t cut through the clutter to hear what people say, let alone remember it and then act...
If the thought of composing an official year-end thank you email to your loyal clients makes you groan inwardly, I've got you covered. You’ve already spent your energy racing to the finish line with last minute projects and deadlines. Now you need to be creative and...
In my last blog post, What Your Boss Really Wants From You, I suggested ways you could impress your boss. I wrote the post as part preparation for an interview I was having with a Really Big Prospective Client. To give you an idea of just how big: he’s responsible for...
“YOU’RE SUCH AN IDIOT!!” My boss raged at a colleague who ordered 500,000 of the wrong size tubes from China. He ranted with high-pitched voice and bulging eyes, while the rest of us took cover behind our computers. This was one of the most stressful times in my...
Yesterday on my way to the airport I was trippy, giggly, babbly and weepy. I wasn’t drunk. I was running on a few nights of 4 to 5 hours sleep. Call it synchronicity that while gulping down a tall Americano I flipped through the latest copy of Longevity magazine, an...
In a little over two weeks I’ll be standing in front of a select group of young academics from one of South Africa’s leading educational institutions. The group is made up of professors, doctors, advocates, senior lecturers and others who are focused on becoming high...
The problem with annoying titles like Five Things Successful People Do Before Bed is that I’m almost guaranteed to click on them. And then I scan the article looking for the secret sauce that’s going to turn me into one of the chosen few. And then I'm disappointed....
I spend a lot of time each day wondering what to eat. Come to think of it, a surprising amount of my time is filled with decisions - like what to do with this email, what to do with this plastic bag, whether to connect with this person on LinkedIn, if the children...
