Someone at an event told me my blog numbers were crap, so I grabbed a flip chart and agreed with them, one letter at a time.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
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Episode 088: Nigels White Lips
Nigel covered his lips in white sun cream, I cracked up, and then he made a proper point about taking your own advice.
Episode 087: Attitude Intake Movement
Nigel nicks my AIM acronym for his duck line, and somehow gets me on record saying a bar of Dairy Milk is good for you.
Episode 086: One L of an Episode
The last letter of Nigel’s REAL model is L, for leadership, and he reckons it starts with leading yourself before anyone else.
Episode 085: Keeping It R.E.A.L.
Nigel’s REAL idea only got as far as three letters, plus a form where he’d spelt his own surname wrong.
Reclaiming my health, one more time
Over a decade ago I got my health back. Then an injury knocked me off track. In July 2020 I set out to reclaim it again.
Episode 084: Thought Beats Price Tag
Nigel thought I’d redecorated my house in our branding. It was a green screen. Then we got onto why a bit of thought beats a big spend.
Like a boss? Not in my world
I used to want to be the boss. Then I worked out what bosses actually do to people, partly because I’d been on the receiving end.
Episode 083: The Last One About the CHAMPION Model
The last letters of Nigel’s CHAMPION model, O and N, plus fifty challah rolls at half price because he had the nerve to ask.
Why I stopped wearing a suit on stage
Years as a suit and tie guy, then jeans on the big stages, and one weekend in travel clothes. Dressing as yourself is a choice.
“You’re just like you are on stage”
People keep telling me I’m just like I am on stage. Why that surprises them, and the one rule I keep about what I say in public.
My sound check, and the MC in me who wants to rap
Bands have a sound check song. As a speaker and event MC, I don’t. What I do have is a favourite moment, just after it.
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Hi, I’m Neil
DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.