A former manager once called my presentation skills exceptional. I’ve learned so much since, and the biggest lesson is that it’s all conversation.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
Business
Episode 140: The One With The Wrong Music
I put the wrong music on, then we got onto speaking three times at Aston Villa and a hotel that couldn’t find an egg.
Episode 137: Who Are You In Competition With?
Nigel reckons your competition is anyone who could take your customer’s money, flower shops included. We get onto why the businesses that do well make it easy to buy.
Made to Stick and the stories people actually remember
The Heath brothers’ simple recipe for ideas that stick, why your examples are too close to your work, and how to break someone’s pattern.
Episode 131: Your Environment Matters
WFH, WAH, or washing and housework? Nigel and I on home working, trust, and what happens when the doorbell goes mid-call.
I said yes to a podcast before I knew how to publish one
When we started our podcast, I had no idea how to publish it. Why you only need the first step, and how to find the rest.
Episode 127: No Skill, No Will…
Nigel’s skill and will model for your team, and why the person eating cornflakes at their desk at nine should probably go.
Why I still recommend Start with Why, with one small change
Simon Sinek’s big idea in plain words, why people buy why you do it, and the one place I think you should start with where instead.
Episode 126: The World Is Getting A Little Bit Easier
Lockdown was easing, and Nigel reckoned most people’s attitude hadn’t caught up with it yet.
The weekend I had to speak sitting down
One weekend I had a run of speaking gigs while I was on crutches and couldn’t put weight on my leg. Sitting down on stage taught me a lot.
Episode 125: The One About The Economy (with Roger Martin-Fagg)
Economist Roger Martin-Fagg joined us in April 2021 and, for once, brought good news. What he expected for the economy, and how he thought working from home would change city offices.
Episode 124: Nigel Finally Gets It Right
Nigel clears out twenty years of filing cabinets, rings a client from 1998 and gets rebooked. And I remember a Thanksgiving in Chicago.
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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.