Archive for February, 2009

Frank Kern’s Success-Failure Diagram

Frank Kern’s simple diagram really says all that there is to know about Success and Failure more than in some 500 page books. But which half are you in?

De-Briefing Yourself

Create the habit of de-briefing yourself after every meeting, trip, vacation, lecture etc. How did it go, what would you have done differently, what should you have prepared, what did you learn, what do you need to put away, get repaired. Take brief notes or just write a list. Note Taking Skills Books at Amazon [...]

Keep Calm and Carry On

That’s really great motivational slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On” . Apparently it was an UK Wartime Poster that was for some reason never used. OK we currently have a really gloomy economic outlook but really the “Merchants of Gloom” ie the media practically always something negative and doom-laden to report.  Really thy would like [...]