Welcome to HowCanI — the Ability Makers — Personal Development
Posted in Blog on Apr 3rd, 2008
I recently did a workshop in Brisbane on being super productive. It’s a funny thing, but when you teach you often learn more than the attendees. It sounds a little unfair, but it goes with the territory. Back to the story. One of the people said he sometimes got to the office after a weekend [...]
Posted in Blog on Mar 16th, 2008
I spend a great deal of my life assisting other’s to progress in their lives. It is the most satisfying and uplifting thing I know how to do. That’s not to say life is a simple journey from success to success. Anybody who says he has never failed either has never attempted to do anything, [...]
Posted in Blog on Mar 10th, 2008
I was in Melbourne Thursday and Friday to conduct some on site training with a sales team and their two sales managers. One of the consultants was having trouble reproducing the results he had achieved in the last quarter. He was certainly trying hard, he was always on the telephone or on the road. He [...]
Posted in Blog on Mar 5th, 2008
I have mentioned a couple of times that I try to have at least one meaningful conversation with someone every day. The other day I was priviledged to have just such a conversation. His name is Aleks and he is a Sales Manager. I have trained and mentored him for a while now and we [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 22nd, 2008
I spent this week conducting a boot camp. No, not a military training school. I had young trainees who were starting a career in sales. I had five days to turn them from novices to sales consultants with a level of competence that would enable them to suceed rather quickly. They arrived here in Sydney, [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 17th, 2008
Have you ever had that perfect day? A day when it all flowed, people were all good natured, everything you touched just turned to gold? I had one of those days on Saturday. Weekends are normally very busy and this weekend was no different. Early Saturday morning I have a martial arts class which is both [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 10th, 2008
I was recently in Brisbane to do some sales training. Whilst I was there I had dinner with the sales manager. He is a young guy, very intense and dedicated to his career. He is critically concerned with the support and development of his people. We were speaking on a wide range of topics, not [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 3rd, 2008
Over the years I have taught literally hundreds of people the skill and art of public speaking. On many occasions people ask me for tips on how to improve their presentations. Invariably I give them some tools to use. What I’d like to do here is address one of the most overlooked areas of public [...]
Posted in Blog on Jan 15th, 2008
I was driving to the gym the other day, about 8.30am. I had a couple of blocks to go before I needed to turn right, so I was in the centre lane, doing the speed limit. This small French car loomed up in my rear view mirror and started tailgating me. I wasn’t too concerned. [...]
Posted in Blog on Dec 31st, 2007
It’s New years Eve again; that wonderful time when we celebrate the year that was and look forward to the year to come. Each year make our wishes and see them fade with time. That new life we promised ourselves, the weight loss, the new job, more money, a great relationship. Start out full of [...]
