by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 30, 2022 | Blog
Why do you do what you do? What keeps you going when you feel like quitting? There’s an old episode of “The Simpsons” where Mr.Burns, the owner of the nuclear power plant where Homer Simpson works, taunts Homer with a picture that says...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 29, 2022 | Blog
A long time ago I read about something called “the Pygmalion Effect”, and was reminded of it when thumbing through Shawn Achor’s (excellent) book “The Happiness Advantage”. Achor writes: “According to the Roman poet Ovid, the...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 29, 2022 | Blog
“A chip and a chair” … That’s one of my favourite sayings from the game of poker. It means that as long as you have one chip and a seat at the table, you could still win. The saying came about when Jack Straus won the 1982 World Series of Poker after...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog
Not sure what “voice” to speak with on social media and in emails to your list? It’s easy: Talk like you’d normally talk when you’re away from the keyboard. If you don’t usually curse like a sailor, don’t drop F-bombs with...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog
The other day I posted on Facebook: “Most coaches don’t have an expense problem, they have a revenue one …” What I meant is while it’s good to keep expenses low, coaches (and most entrepreneurs) focus on cutting small expenses that don’t...
