Should you write a book? John Butman @JohnButman
Idea Platforms’ John Butman has food for thought on the HBR blog (as well as a book of his own to promote). Technorati Tags: John Butman,Idea Platforms,IdeaPlex,Writing,Sovereign Professional
Trappist Tuesday for increased productivity–Bad Language
Matthew Stibbe, on Bad Language has some insights and suggestions on the impact of office noise. I rather like the idea of Trappist Tuesdays in which no-one talks for the day. He also suggests avoiding lyric-heavy music which I find works for me. If deep focus is called for, I usually rely on some Jeff […]
Trappist Tuesday for increased productivity–Bad Language
Matthew Stibbe, on Bad Language has some insights and suggestions on the impact of office noise. I rather like the idea of Trappist Tuesdays in which no-one talks for the day. He also suggests avoiding lyric-heavy music which I find works for me. If deep focus is called for, I usually rely on some Jeff […]
Propaganda is Marketing
I took two key things from the British Library’s excellent exhibition on Propaganda –Power and Persuasion: Propaganda is “bad” We are all propagandists. Propaganda is “bad” … or not, in two senses. Firstly, by definition, the term is morally neutral. It was first used by the Roman Catholic church in a treatise on the propagation […]
Resistance comes Second – Steven Pressfield
Worth remembering… “Resistance comes second. “The Dream comes first. The dream of whatever work or enterprise or endeavor you and I are called to. “Resistance is the shadow cast by that dream.” More here, from Steven Pressfield. Technorati Tags: Steven Pressfield,Writing