Andy gets excited – but the cupboard is bare

My friend Andy Owen is an excellent copywriter and speaker. One reason he is good is that he gets excited – he cares. Here’s something he just sent me. “A political consensus was reached by the EU Nations at the …

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Who the hell are you …?

If you had to establish which professional groups cause most damage as a result of their bloated, unjustified, overweening, fatuous self-importance, politicians would only be matched by show-business people. This occurred to me when I read in the papers that …

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Two ways to run a firm

I have always thought there are two ways to run a firm. Both work. One is to screw everyone to the ground and never give a penny unless you have to, with liberal doses of fear. The other, which I …

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Please, please, please, stop empowering me

I don’t know how many of these wretched social things I’ve got embroiled with, but in a weak moment I must have signed up for something that calls itself Naymz – Empowering Reputable Professionals. I feel deeply ashamed – and …

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Just for a change, a helpful marketing idea

I’m a bit shattered, recovering from a trip to Riga which called for a 22 hour day. Not to be recommended for elderly gentlemen. So for a change, here’s something about business. The picture – taken on my cheap mobile …

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Three deeply moving experiences

The last time I wrote I was in Sofia, preparing for a seminar. All seminars are worrying. As you probably know, speaking in public is only marginally less terrifying to most people than encountering poisonous snakes. Experience makes it a …

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