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    Pietersen Personality

    Kevin Pietersen’s career as an England batsman is over.

    It’s an announcement that resonates well beyond the Cricketing constituency, possibly even within business. Certainly, there will be quite a few people thinking, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.”

    In simple terms, the Pietersen saga seems to be this: he …read more

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    Brown envelopes get opened!

    They have long been associated with ‘bungs’ and payoffs, referred to with a smirk. Filled with cash to avoid a paper trail.

    But brown envelopes were also used frequently for official mail – stern warnings and timely reminders from the Inland Revenue, utility bills, circulars, and the original junk …read more

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    Handling rejection in sales

    Selling has long been considered a confrontational conversion, lightly smeared with honey to make it seem agreeable. There are two reasons for that: first, the sales person wants to win while the prospect wants to retain both his money and his pride.

    Now, of course this does not happen in …read more

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    Even Brian Tracy can get it wrong!

    Brian Tracy is a highly regarded ‘guru’ in the field of self development – a self-styled Best-Selling Author and Success Expert. He’s someone I have long respected for the wisdom he writes and says. But today I received a promotional email from him that put a severe dent in that …read more

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    A BYPASS WORTH HAVING

    By phillipkp

    It was a sunny Sunday afternoon in July 2001, and I was driving my Irish girlfriend, Evelyn, to Stansted airport to catch her flight home after the weekend we had shared in Bromley. She was asleep beside me and I kept nodding off for fractions of a second. I knew …read more

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