‘Stuart Goldsmith? Who is Stuart Goldsmith?’ you may be asking.
I met Stuart at his retirement seminar in London at the end of 2002. I couldn’t miss the chance of seeing for myself if he was ‘for real’. He didn’t disappoint me!
In his books, courses and newsletter he is very controversial. He explained that this is […]
If you want to insult your friends, just ask, “Who sold you that jacket?”
Want to complement them? You can, with a slight change of emphasis: “Where did you buy that jacket?
The implication is clear. If you ended up with something ugly or inappropriate, you couldn’t have been in charge of your faculties; you were under […]
If you’re like me you don’t like to exaggerate, in fact, quite
the opposite, I prefer to understate things and let the facts
and results speak for themselves. In the internet marketing game
however, if you don’t tell people that your product is better
than the next person’s and list all the reasons why, you’ll end
up losing out because […]
Do you class yourself as having a ‘cast iron’ digestive system?
Or do you seem to have digestive problems after eating certain
foods?
Much research has been carried out on foods and there is a
belief in certain quarters that certain foods, eaten together,
could be the cause of many potential dietary problems.
Of course, the reasons for dietary problems can […]
Wine is great, made for centuries all over the world; from the days of the ancient Greeks up to the modern day; versions we now can buy in cardboard boxes to very shapely bottles, produced to sell what is inside.
However, making your own wine can be even more rewarding and very pleasurable, if it turns […]
During the course of everyday business, many of you encounter unsatisfied customers. How you and your staff handle these situations, will shape your service image and ultimately your bottom line. How can you best handle challenging situations? I have developed and practiced a simple method for just such encounters. If you […]
Pain may sometimes be the reason why people change. Getting bad grades make you realize that you need to study. Debts remind you of your inability to look for a source of income. Being humiliated gives you the ‘push’ to speak up and fight for yourself to save your face from the next embarrassment. It […]
Plato (427 - 347 BC) is perhaps the most famous Greek philosopher in as much as many of his ideas are as relevant today as they were in his time. Incidentally,
he is one of the few great men who are known only by their nicknames. His real name was Aristocles. One of his often-quoted statements […]
This week I came face-to-face with a genuine dilemma. I had
several meetings across town and for some reason I miscalculated
and ended up with a 2-1/2 hour gap between meetings. I hate to
waste time, but if I drove back to my office, I would simply
have to return to my meeting later and with the cost of […]
Ah, well, now, wasn’t that all very pleasant, eh? A few alco-pops to celebrate a year with my sweetheart, yes, an anniversary in other words, and, ooh, I feel a bit sick all of a sudden, and, oh, heck, I seem to be spewing black blood down the pan. Hmmm. Not so good after all. […]