In the This Means Business Bootcamp this week one participant raised the knotty issue of imposter syndrome. She made the insightful point that in answering the hypothetical critic standing over her shoulder as she wrote, demanding to know what right she had to voice that opinion, she ended up putting in ‘waffle’ – qualifying words […]
Continue readingYesterday I had lunch at the magnificent Students Union of Michigan University in Ann Arbor. As we went up the steps an enormous red squirrel bounded across ahead of us, which was an unexpected treat, but then my companion pointed out a small brass plaque on the ground at the top of the steps, marking […]
Continue readingThat interview with Emma Serlin is now live: http://extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-47-the-communication-equation-with-emma-serlin/. Communication and conversations are very much on my mind at the moment – I’m currently in the US about to lead a 2-day retreat for the senior management team of a university press, which is going to involve communication at all levels. As an extrovert, I thrive […]
Continue readingI’ve just been uploading and checking tomorrow’s podcast episode, an interview with Emma Serlin of the London Speech Workshop. She has a background in theatre, as an actor and directory, and a Masters in psychology, and she’s brought those two perspectives together into a really fascinating methodology for more effective communication. You’ll be able to […]
Continue readingI’ve been enjoying the simplicity of streaking: one blog and a run of at least a mile every day, no excuses, no fuss. They’re solid now – it would take a medical emergency to break that beautiful long run of ticks on the calendar. Once I got over 100 days I started to wonder what […]
Continue readingI spent a very enjoyable hour or so this morning with Susan Heaton-Wright: former opera singer and now executive voice coach, and a fellow podcast host. I interviewed her for my podcast and then she interviewed me for hers – Superstar Communicator. I know that sounds ridiculously meta, but it was actually fascinating to come […]
Continue readingAnother publishing startup bites the dust. Shelfie, the app that allowed you to upload pictures of your bookshelf and get discounted or even free ebook and audiobook versions of the books you own in print, has closed down. Formerly known as BitLit, the company was one of the most promising publishing startups of recent years, with […]
Continue readingToday’s blog is over at BookMachine – Draw me a picture: Why books are becoming more visual. ‘We’re wired for pictures. Most of the information our brain processes is visual and we’re good at processing it really fast because we’ve been doing it for millions of years and our survival has historically depended upon it: […]
Continue readingSo at last I know where the finish line is. Olympian, businessman, OAP and running legend Ron Hill didn’t go for a run today. ‘Neither did I,’ you might be thinking. ‘And?’ But Ron Hill has been for a run of at least a mile every day for more than 52 years now: 19,032 days, […]
Continue readingI have a new project. (Because my life clearly isn’t busy enough…. Oh.) As suggested by a fellow Fetchie – a member of my wonderful running site, FetchEveryone – I have taken up the challenge to read one book from every year of my life. I’m reading them in sequence, starting with Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five […]
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