Tweet Let me say up front that I’m all for taking the piss out of blokes. We often deserve it. To a point. Let me also say that the graphic below doesn’t bother or offend me but at the same time, I don’t find it funny. Or necessary. Or particularly clever. I stumbled upon it on [...]
Communication
Tweet The following is an extract from my new book that’s out Wednesday (stay tuned). If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while, some of the content might be familiar… A Seven Out of Ten Way back in the early nineties, I gave a presentation at a conference for a large company. For me, [...]
Tweet Many people erroneously assume that, in order to connect with another person or to understand them, there must be a certain level of like-mindedness. Agreement. Common ground. Or even, affection. You might think so but… Nope. As harsh as this might sound, I regularly create connection with people that (1) I have almost nothing in [...]
Tweet The Airport Conversation I sit on a lot of planes. And in a lot of airport lounges. And while I don’t seek out conversations with strangers, I often find myself in the middle of them. A typical chat will go something like (or exactly like) this: Bloke in next seat: “work or pleasure?” Me: [...]
Tweet Words only have the meaning we give them, which is why the thing that stops one person from buying my second last book (the one with the ‘F’ word on the cover) is the same thing that makes someone else pick it up, flick through it and maybe, buy it. One word, two reactions: [...]
Tweet The Science of Connection The easiest way to connect with another person is to walk away from your window and look through theirs. There, I said it. It’s not often that I share the key message of a post in the first sentence but there it is. Bang. In many ways, the science of [...]
