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Fluid Brain

Ideas that make you stop and think.

The Fluid Brain is a series of random pieces that make you stop. Stop and think.
Business is all about hurly burly, peak hour traffic. Every now and then you'll
find yourself careening in places where you don't really want to be.

And you need a gentle tug back to more than reality. You need to get into the
world of sanity.

  1. Why Time Eludes You
  2. Is Business Starting To Be A Burden?
  3. The Economy of Greatness
  4. Why You Need To Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty
  5. The Importance of Accepting A Thank You
  6. Can Tail-Gaiting Make You A Clone?
  7. Why Gravity Can Ruin (or Make) Your Business
  8. Lucidity at 4:13am
  9. Why The 2-Second Rule Lets Customers Like You Better
  10. The Misery Club Welcomes Members
  11. Scared of Greatness?
  12. The ‘Logs in the Fire’ Success Code
  13. Why No Job Or Assignment Is Great Forever
  14. Direct Mail: How To Get Results Without Changing A Word
  15. How To Learn Photoshop Faster
  16. Vacation is part of work
  17. Why Audio Learning Could Be Making You Deaf
  18. How To Attend 30 Workshops A Year
  19. The Monkey’s Curse
  20. The Real Secret of Focus
  21. Why You’re Better Off NOT Winning The Lottery
  22. What Sustains Motivation?
  23. When Do You Ignore A Customer?
  24. When Business Goes Slow
  25. Why The Olympics Start on Time–And Your Marketing Project Stalls
  26. Why We Get Upset
  27. These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things
  28. Would You Invite Your Client To Dinner?
  29. Why We Won’t Quit (Even When It’s Obvious We’ve Made A Mistake)
  30. Your Hard Disk Isn’t Big Enough For the World’s Problems
  31. Reclaiming Your Life
  32. The Tale of The Moving Tree
  33. Why You Shouldn’t Believe In The Economy
  34. Why Weeds Have My Respect
  35. The Folly of Working on Your Weaknesses
  36. Life Is Teaching. Are You Listening?
  37. Why We Fail
  38. The Saga of The Dehydrated Brain
  39. Why Bootstrapping May Be Injurious To Your Small Business
  40. How to Get Rid of Tyre-Kickers
  41. Let’s Just Get To The Bottom Of This Hill, Mr.Frodo
  42. The Biggest Learning of the Year
  43. Why Your System May Have More Flaws Than You Think
  44. The Power of a Black List
  45. How To Bypass A Brain Virus (And Acquire A Talent)
  46. The curse of the 10,000 hour ‘talent study’
  47. Why Stevie Wonder Doesn’t Learn By Reading
  48. Why Lack of Talent Can’t Be Blamed on Genes.
  49. Why education won’t make you more time (or money)
  50. The 15-Minute Principle
  51. How To Make Use Of Dead Time
  52. Why Incompetency Sucks Up Time
  53. How Lack of Planning Wastes Chunks of Time
  54. The Battery Factor: Why We Drain Our Abilities
  55. Are We Asking The Wrong Questions About Cancer?
  56. The Amazing Intelligence of Crows
  57. Classical Music With Shining Eyes
  58. Diet: Your Genes Are Not Your Fate
  59. The Myth of Focus
  60. The Importance of Doing Nothing
  61. Success: Best of 2007: Why We Fail
  62. Success: Best of 2007: The Importance of Appreciating Yourself
  63. Success: Best of 2007:Why Code Is More Important Than Genetics In Learning
  64. Success: Best of 2007: The Fear Of Success
  65. Fluid Brain: Best of 2007: Reclaiming Your Life
  66. Fluid Brain: Best of 2007: The Importance of Doing Nothing
  67. Fluid Brain: Best of 2007: Why Vacation is part of work
  68. Fluid Brain: Best of 2007: Why The Brain Needs Relaxation
  69. The Fear Of Success
  70. Brain: The Myth of ‘Last-Minute-Inspiration’
  71. Brain: Why The Brain Needs Relaxation
  72. Will You Become A ‘Sean D’Souza’ Clone?
  73. What Is Greatness?
  74. Pace vs. Potential
  75. What’s Your Destiny Looking Like?
  76. A Lesson From Watching Paint Dry
  77. A Misalignment In Your Purpose:The Ten Pin Story
  78. The Importance of Appreciating Yourself
  79. The Mango Tree And Destiny
  80. So Does Genetics Play A Role? Or Is It Irrelevant?