Listening to new ideas is an absolute pleasure. The problem: I don’t think there are enough conversations that really discuss great ideas. As Tom Peters puts it, ‘If you can’t say, a couple of times a week, “I had my mind twisted like a pretzel today,” you are sliding down a slippery slope to stale […]
‘A while’ is not something I say, but I’ve noticed that many people do. I’ve also noticed that ‘a while’ has an infinite number of meanings. I’m not very good at reading minds and when I guess how long your ‘a while’ is my strike rate at guessing right is pretty low. So… I ask. […]
Today I spent about an hour with a bloke who honestly believed he loved learning new things. I’m not so sure… He told me a couple of times that he loves hearing about his customer’s jobs, lives and businesses. BUT, in an entire hour, he only asked me one or two questions about what I […]