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I aim to read one business book a week, but generally only manage 2 or 3 a month. I see reading books as one of the best possible investments in time but I want the very best return. I’m very careful about choosing the next book. I research and cross-check before ordering. Equally, the more [...]
An old story tells of three stonecutters who were asked what they were doing. The first replied, ‘I am making a living.’ The second kept on hammering while he said, ‘I am doing the best job of stonecutting in the entire country.’ The third one looked up with a visionary gleam in his eyes and [...]
These are the words, transcribed by gapingvoid, from Apple’s 1997-2002 iconic Think Different campaign:
It was my wedding anniversary a few days ago. My mother-in-law gave us a booklet, and inside the front cover is a hand-written message from her meditation teacher, the remarkable Dadi Janki.
Over the past few decades I’ve read a lot of goal-setting ‘self-help’ books. Most of them end up part-read, and collecting dust in some forgotten corner of the house. Only a few have inspired me to any kind of action,
I'm a technology guy who lives & breathes business.
And, I'm a marketer who understands the power & limitations of technology.
I've been helping startups to Fortune 100 companies adapt to change by making creative use of technology since 1985.
Among other things, I've been a vice president at JP Morgan, advised Fortune 100s & founded several technology companies.
Nowadays I love to work with emerging businesses as they're at the centre of the new connected economy of the 21st century.
I live in London & into cooking, running, tai chi & loose leaf tea. Read more