Presentations: move from ‘telling’ to ‘asking’
It’s very rare that there’s any “conversational” aspect around business presentations. Maybe that needs to change — and fast. Continue Reading
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Brief thought exercise: what songs MUST you play at a wedding reception?
Little bit softer now … and a little bit softer now … Continue Reading
Here are some of the best lines from the Joe Biden New Yorker profile
I just read this on a plane from BOS to DFW. I laughed out loud about six times; when the plane landed, the guy across the aisle from me was like, “Hey, I have to ask … what could possibly… Continue Reading
Courtney Lapresi and Cutter Brewer are just awful to watch on MasterChef Season 5
I’ve been watching a lot of Master Chef recently. I have no idea why. This morning, I woke up at 4:21am having to pee. I did that and couldn’t successfully go back to sleep, so I went and watched the… Continue Reading
No one has repeated as NFC South champion ever. Odd, right?
Get this: since the NFL went to eight divisions in 2002, the NFC South has never had a repeat champion. Don’t believe me? Lookie here: If you go through the other seven conferences, they’ve all had some sort of mini-dynasty… Continue Reading
Here’s two great, very simple pieces of sales advice
I like the Buffer blog a lot. It’s consistently pretty well-researched and well-intentioned (hence actionable), and this goes for Kevan Lee’s posts (one of the main authors) as well as a lot of their guest posts. (If you have no… Continue Reading
Vogue has 146 more ad pages for September’s issue than its next highest competitor
631 ad pages for Vogue in the September issue, which is regularly used to gauge the health of fashion / luxury / lifestyle publications. The next highest number of ad pages in that space? InStyle, with 485. That’s a difference… Continue Reading
The Alabama-Auburn trolling has really hit a fever pitch
There are 37 days until college football is back, which is exciting. Although far more people get excited by the eventual return of the NFL, I personally think college football is the greatest thing on the American sporting landscape. I’m… Continue Reading