Archive for July 1, 2007

Speed Reading

Being dyslexic i completely suck at reading fast, but have decided to commit to improving. I try to read about one business related book every two weeks and i go through 1/2 audio books per week as part of my goal to become proficient at business. I was close to signing up for speed reading courses but the times never suit me and i’m always so busy that even if i make the first lesson i’m not sure i’d be there for the 3rd. Today i found this guy on YouTube and i thought it was so helpful to me that i’d post it up here so others can benefit from this guys knowledge.

Subliminal advertising

I saw this the following video of Derren Brown demonstrating the power and manipulation that is available in subliminal advertising a few years ago and it’s never really left my mind. Saw it on Daniel’s blog and thought i’d post it here too.

Then i looked some other of his stuff and thought that this is amazing sales training! Really you could make a million from this skill alone!

Jumbletown freecycling

I had my first experience with “freecycling” today. The concept is that one mans junk is another mans treasure. So today a very nice couple collected my old couches from my house, which otherwise i would have had to pay to have removed and disposed of. It was a definate win win situation and i’m completely sold on the conecpt now. There’s loads of different sites, i used Jumbletown.ie one of the biggest Irish sites.