Pay-off: equip yourself to convince others with just one question Investment: 7 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Soon you will face a conversation where you need to convince someone to do something that you believe will create a win:win for you both. In that conversation, every single thing you say or do will either…
Pay-off: plenty of ideas to get those challenging things done Investment: 5 minutes Sign up to monthly posts here Here’s one of the big four skills I write about less often. But it will be the weakest link in the behavioural chain for many people: How do you actually get yourself to do the things you…
Pay-off: if you or your team do this, you’ll no longer be ‘too busy to sell’ Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here We’re all busy. But the busiest of all of us; those who are expected to sell who find it really uncomfortable. These people take ‘busy’ to new levels. After all,…
Pay-off: learn how to learn more efficiently Investment: 1 minute Sign up to weekly posts here Assuming that you’re already learning in the most effective style for you… If you’re quick to agree with what you’re learning, or you’re soaking it up or practising it with ease, then you’re not really learning. You’re just familiarising yourself…
Pay-off: the easiest and most realistic way to get more done in less time Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here You want to get more done in less time. I know, I know. This is easy. Let’s not make a meal of it. There are two main parts to your goal here,…
Pay-off: take charge of your learning and learn faster Investment: 3.5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here How to make learning actually work There’s one thing above all others that sets fast learners apart from everyone else. Some of those in the top 10% of fast learners discovered that one thing naturally, or they…
Pay-off: quickly increase your effectiveness and efficiency (+ free cheat sheet) Investment: 4 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Everyone seems too busy these days. But most people, I’d argue, are too busy being ineffective. “I won’t be able to help you this afternoon, I’ve blocked two hours out of my schedule to bang my…
Pay-off: how to master the sales follow up and turn ‘no response’ into business Investment: 10 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here So, you’re feeling ignored, and you want to know how to write a follow up email after getting no response from your client? And presumably, it’s not just any follow up email you want. No,…
Pay-off: learn where your learning falls down Investment: 3.5 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Unfortunately, most people fail to benefit from most of what they learn. Where does your learning fall down along the ‘learning pipeline’? This article should help you bridge the gaps. Unstrategic learning To start with, most people aren’t strategic enough at…
Pay-off: you’ll learn faster if you maximise these two things Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here You might find this video amuses you like it did me: It’s amusing, but what’s more important, is that it’s analogous to how we get ahead and succeed at anything. I don’t mean that the cyclist reduced…