Tag: Strategy
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Helping a friend to ‘lift off’
A couple weeks ago I helped a friend to do a “lift off” for a new business venture. The problem was that he had had the idea for many years but had so far never been able to start it. There was absolutely no reason why he couldn’t start this business – he had all…
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The Best Sailors Navigate via the Stars – Writing Objectives
Last year after a swimming race, a group of us were standing by the warm-down pool talking loudly about USRPT (ultra short race pace training) – the next big thing, maybe. A friend of mine – who is a competitor of mine but who also coached me for a short while – stubbornly insisted that…
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Apollo 13 and the importance of ‘Lift Offs’
Recently I was watching the film Apollo 13 which tells the story about a shuttle’s re-entry into Earth. It’s a dreadful film but it’s compulsive watching since it combines a lot of people’s natural phobias such as claustrophobia, fear of flying, fear of darkness, and one of my own, Tom Hankophobia. Apollo 13 is also…