Rule number one: Speak when spoken to Rule number two: Follow rule number one
Day: April 5, 2008
The art of how to sound like a pompous gasbag…
Rule number one: Generalize Rule number two: Impose your opinion Rule number three: Use long words Rule number four: Pretend as if we should care Rule number five: Do the pseudo-intellect act Rule number six: Qualify your statements Rule number seven: Change your story Rule number eight: Blame others Rule number nine: Take credit Rule…
Now reading…
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a slow, sweet, torturous tale of one man’s dream… Recommended reading for all dreamers.
Kill your ego…
When I first met Don Sexton, Mark Broadie, Ralph Biggadike and John Whitney at Columbia, a few things stood out at once. All four were very successful, well established and well respected professionals. They had touched professional peaks I couldn’t even dream about and had nothing left to prove. All four changed my life. 8…