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Posted in Blog on Apr 6th, 2008
I try to approach each day with a sense of anticipation. Some days are easier than others. It is Sunday evening here in Sydney and I am beavering away on my computer. I’ve just done a rewrite and edit on a chapter of my novel, I will do a poem for my other site, ollielind.com [...]
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 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 Nov 20th, 2007
Last week we filmed the Philosophy of Learning. I expect we will be able to put it on the site next week. It’s funny, you know, when I stare at a blank sheet of paper before writing the notes for one of the talks, I sometimes just sit there, blank. No, not blank; I just [...]
Posted in Blog on Aug 5th, 2007
It’s funny how life keeps presenting us with lessons. I had gym workout this morning (Sunday) with an old lady friend of mine. (The friendship is old, not the lady) We had lost touch for a couple of years and, through a coincidence we spoke on the telephone during the week. But this story is [...]
Posted in Blog on May 17th, 2007
“The man who truly knows has no occasion to shout.†Leonardo Da Vinci When I was a small boy I couldn’t wait for the latest edition of Reader’s Digest to arrive at home. I would feverishly rifle through the pages looking for my prize. That prize was any quote I could find from a “wise [...]
During his trial Socrates was called upon to reply to the charges that he corrupted the youth of Athens by the arguments he put forth in search of answers to the eternal questions of life. Questions like the nature of justice, beauty, ethics and other vital values that underpin life and living. He was accused [...]
