Observation number 1: A friend of mine worked in a shop once and one of his duties in this shop was to wash cars. He told me that Christmas Eve was the busiest time of year for car washes. It was so busy that some years he spent the whole day washing cars.  Observation number … Continue reading Christmas car wash →

Bob unloads all the snacks he was carrying onto the til.  The cashier asks if Bob took any petrol.  Bob says no. The cashier works away scanning Bob's items. 'That's €4.35' the cashier says. 'Cool I'll pay by card' Bob replies.   Bob taps his card, it beeps. And now they wait, Bob and the cashier … Continue reading Bob’s cashiers →

The victim blames everyone else for their misfortune. They accumulate a long list of excuses for their lack of success and they cherish this list. This list is the key to staying a victim. The opposite of a victim is someone who takes responsibility. Who looks at their life in its current state and says … Continue reading Victim hood →

A slide with a lot of text presents the audience with a dilemma. Specifically, where to place their attention. There's a presenter who wants you to listen to them and there's text that wants you to read it.  Doing one well means ignoring the other and trying to do both simultaneously means reduced retention.  If … Continue reading Texty Slides →

Eating out used to be so easy.  You would wait to be seated. They sit you down, take your order and then, when finished, pay at the table.  But nowadays there is so many different restaurants and each one of them is looking to be unique. It begs the question: What kind of restaurant is this? … Continue reading In here we do this →

The grass is always greener aka. "My life would be better if I was over there..." Well, you may well be right. As long as you don't view 'over there' as some idyllic pain free existence, then go for it! Move! If you've considered the negatives of over there and are happy with them, then … Continue reading Greener grass →

How is this relevant to me? The question every audience member asks and if the speaker fails to answer, the biggest reason to mentally switch off.

It's the office olympics and you need to select a team member to represent your department in the next event.  Your department is on the brink of elimination and need a win to stay in the competition.  Harry is your best player but Fred hasn't played yet. Who do you pick? Harry or Fred? Well … Continue reading Office Olympics →

I'm reading 'Emotional Agility' by Susan David at the moment and I came across an interesting term. It's called emotional leakage. What happens is that after emotions have been bottled up for a long period of time they come out in unnecessarily extreme amounts, hence the leakage. The scary thing about this is that one … Continue reading Emotional Leakage →

Woody Allen once said: “80% of success is simply showing up” You might read that and think oh that’s easy I could do that. All I have to do is show up. Piece of cake! Then you might discover that showing up regularly and consistently is actually quite difficult. It means being there, producing, no … Continue reading Showing up →