In one of the workshops I run recently with sales reps of a pharmaceutical company I discovered that a trainer taught the guys earlier to ask for the business all the way down (try to get all the business at once) while closing the business, rather than ask for incremental sales. I [...]
During my recent holidays in Barcelona I ended up in one evening for the second time in Trobador Enric Granados (see photo), a wonderful place to eat Mediterranean food.
We’ve chosen a table and soon a Spanish only speaking waiter arrived. We searched on [...]
Just read recently that the Spanish football federation will grant each Spanish player €600.000 in the eventuality of winning the World Cup.
While this amount of money would have the power to highly motivate many of us (at least me and my readers) to master some tasks, I have my doubts when it comes to [...]
I just returned from “Mihai Viteazul” National College in Bucharest where I gave a lecture as a guest of Leaders Foundation. I have been asked what I would do if I were in their situation. I think that together with taking seriously formal education is getting social [...]
I do admire Argentina a lot and for a number of reasons and I wish they will win. However I have my doubts.
They have a great selection of players. They have Messi who scored all four goals in a quarter final game in Champions [...]
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