Hello ,Good news. If the ticket price ... or not being able to make it to the live event ... has been the thing keeping you on the sidelines, this might just change that.We’ve opened up 100 free tickets, thanks to the generosity of The Tryst for Pech...

Hello ,When you put down the crayons and pick up the fountain pen, you becomeThis piece of text is about surrender, uncertainty and letting the story unfold.Before I became cantankerous and cynical, I used to run workshops to help people find their p...

Hello ,We may just be on the right track with our writing group, you and I. We love the myth of the lone genius.The solitary figure. A desk. A dim light. A mind pulling brilliance out of thin air.Einstein in a patent office.Tolkien hunched over a des...

Hi ,If you sound like you’re begging for approval, the prospect becomes the judge and you become the defendant. That’s a terrible posture for selling, and once you fall into it, it’s hard to recover.I’ve watched too many sales meetings where salespeo...

Hello ,One of our speakers, Charles Weyer posted this beautiful piece of text to tee up and market his talk, The Art of Tapping Out, at PechaKucha on 5 March at The Tryst.Never give up!..... No matter what!...... (Calm down Andrew Tate fans)This is...

Hi, ,It’s officially February. Remember, this is the month you’ll be preparing to write your book.Your first goal is simple: find one consistent hour every day, in the same place each day. (time and place have memory).For February, don’t write yet. U...

Hello ,I’ve been reading about enemy-based marketing lately, and why it works so well when it’s done properly.It led me to a simple conclusion.We need a villain.Not a person. Not a competitor. Something simpler and more honest than that.If you can’t...

Hi Hello , I posted this on the whatsapp group. From now on from time-to-time I will pop something to you on email that may be helpful. Most of us have a mindset issue, not a writing issue. Let's start with mindset. So remember, we are going to make...

Hello ,My outsourced sales associates (MADjozi Sales) and I are running Sales Kick-Off Sessions in February.You know how it goes, don't you? Targets are set, inboxes are overflowing, and before we know it, the year finds its rhythm, whether we meant...

Hello ,Gillian, Kirsten and I have been beavering away trying to find eccentric, eclectic and interesting speakers for PechaKucha Vol. 41 on 5 March (we moved it from 12 February). We think we may have got the mix right.There are fighters in the hou...