by Marc Mawhinney | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog
Daniel Day-Lewis, three-time Oscar winner and widely considered the best actor of his time, just announced his retirement. I’ve always had respect for people who have the guts to go out when they’re on top (like Jerry Seinfeld and his sitcom) rather than...
by Marc Mawhinney | Jun 22, 2017 | Blog
I recently bought a large book called The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. It has over 1200 imaginary cities, islands, countries and continents invented by writers over the years. Here are two of my favourite places listed in the book: ===== Klopstokia: a country of...
by Marc Mawhinney | Jun 21, 2017 | Blog
If you had to place something valuable on a table – say an expensive faberge egg – would you rather that table have two legs or five? I know that I’d rather have five sturdy legs. That beats two legs, and it’s even sturdier than the usual four!...
by Marc Mawhinney | Jun 20, 2017 | Blog
I was a guest on Benay Dyor’s podcast, Coach Pep Talk, where I talked about why people should be sending daily emails to their lists. Here’s the link to have a listen: www.universalcoachingsystems.com/podcast-season-2-episode-13/ ...
by Marc Mawhinney | Jun 20, 2017 | Blog
There’s a lot of woo woo in the coaching world, and here’s my two cents on it: I believe in positive thinking. A negative attitude will hurt you in business and in life as it seeps off you and infects everything that you do. It’d be nice to accept at...
by Marc Mawhinney | Jun 19, 2017 | Blog
Awhile back I got burned out on leadership books, blogs and videos. I was seeing the topic discussed everywhere. How many leadership books has John Maxwell written now? 813? But I realized that was a bad attitude to have, since leadership is an important asset for...
