Abstractions Infer Opinions

Abstractions Infer Opinions

I recently listened to a debate hosted by Steven Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO podcast. The guests were serial entrepreneur Daniel Priestley and economist and former financial trader Gary Stevenson. Dan made his wealth building tech businesses, Gary, by...
Ambition Wanes with Time

Ambition Wanes with Time

As a teenager I notice my father moving around less. He attended fewer civic events sat on fewer boards and generally was more at home I was all go! So many things to accomplish and places to visit. When my father died early, I also shook was shocked to look at...
Emotional Mastery

Emotional Mastery

Today, I saw a gut-wrenching photograph by Joe O’Donnell. A ten-year-old Japanese boy stood alone queueing at a Nagasaki crematorium; his dead brother strapped to his back. His face was expressionless. His baby brother, a casualty of the atomic bomb in 1945. The only...
The Currencies of Transactions

The Currencies of Transactions

Negotiating a contract with a client in another country is often fraught with ambiguities. Selling an intangible service adds complexity; the prospect cannot fully grasp its value until she experiences it firsthand. My services rarely fall into the...