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The Economics Of Extra

Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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It’s been said that the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just a little bit “extra”. There’s a coffee house that I’m irrationally loyal to (in fact I’m there even as I write this). It’s not as though the coffee or the service or the surroundings are so drastically different to other purveyors of the [...]

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Loan Car Syndrome

Posted on06. Sep, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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Years ago a friend’s father had a car accident and was given a loan car over a long weekend by the smash repairer. Since the father didn’t need the car, his son’s friends hatched a plan to get away for the weekend… to Uluru (Ayers Rock)… half way across Australia from Sydney. Driving and sleeping [...]

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You Lost Me At Hello

Posted on23. Aug, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I flew into New York City for the first time last week and was stunned by the impact that city can make on you, even from the sky. I was in awe, taking photo after photo. Our week there only confirmed that first impression. But I thought about articles I’ve read lately on ‘making a [...]

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Alignment Check

Posted on09. Aug, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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My first car was a Datsun 240K – complete with rally clips to hold the bonnet down (OK, it never got anywhere near fast enough to require them) and a kill switch that was identical to the air conditioning switch (as I first discovered while doing 110km/hr on the freeway). I remember wondering why the [...]

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How To Keep Your Team Sick

Posted on26. Jul, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I picked up a nasty flu a few weeks ago, but afterwards I found out that I been keeping myself sick by taking cough medicine. It sounds ridiculous that cough medicine could actually make you sicker, right? Day after day I dutifully took my foul-tasting cough syrup but my condition only got worse. It was [...]

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What Successful Leaders Focus On

Posted on12. Jul, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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For many years I’ve been fascinated by the subtle differences in the mindsets of highly successful leaders when compared with the mediocre majority. As Mark Twain once said “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect”. I’ve had the opportunity to observe many outstanding leaders in [...]

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Who Is In Your Drawer?

Posted on27. Jun, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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Years ago my father consulted to a mining company that was in financial meltdown. Unable to prevent the inevitable, his project wrapped up and the business had no cash left to pay his fees. As a token of their appreciation they gave him half a dozen ‘semi-precious’ stones mined from the site. Fast-forward several years [...]