Imagine that you’re on the search for a woman – somebody to be your companion, your friend, your helpmeet, to stick by your side through thick and thin, etc. And imagine that you reckon your best chances of meeting this person is at the gym. The problem: you are not gym material. In fact, it … Read more

I have just returned from a trip to SA, with a few days in Mauritius en route home. It’s fascinating to look at the country from the perspective of a ‘tourist’, and to see where the stresses are. The good news: not a great deal has changed. The bad news: everybody I met seems so … Read more

I am a crook. Each time I speak to a lawyer he tells me this. Not in words. It is a narrowing of the eyes, a slight shift away from me as he fights to find a reason why I might be wrong, a slight feeling that a mere mortal, unschooled in Latin even, might … Read more

Apologies for the erratic flow of Petes Weekly, but after working 18 hours/day for seven days/week over the past 6 weeks, the woman of my dreams suggested that I was getting a little too acclimatised to UK life. (A recent survey of UK men indicated that a significant percentage bathe just 3 times each week, … Read more

While spending the past two weeks delving into the innards of Google, I finally finished a project that is a mere three years old. I know it is Friday, but please forgive me because I need to share it with somebody. I stopped running seminars in 2003 — and started a project to write the … Read more

When I was first diagnosed as diabetic, a lifetime ago in 1971, I overheard a specialist reassuring my mom that I would “probably” live a normal life. He described my body as a rosy apple, with a hidden worm. My adolescent mind interpreted this to mean that I was destined for an early grave, and … Read more

While the rest of the world aims at 24/7 service excellence, our beloved Eskom has trumped everyone with their unique approach: 7/24 electricity delivery. It’s not just the electricity supply to your office that is effected. A whole slab of business-critical infrastructure is also effected – the telephone system, the cell phone system, the internet … Read more

May I show you a simple technique that can double your sales, starting with the next person you meet? This single skill is so critical to your sales ability that without it, you will fail to make enough sales to prosper. You must be fluent in the concepts of features and benefits, and how they’re … Read more

Legend has it that you find a well hidden Wamp, rub it a few times, and a fellow dressed in your mother’s underwear gives you three wishes. Today, as I write this, I am clad in diaphanous leggings because last week I promised a few words about how to get your way freely with the … Read more

This week I would like to talk about infants and their relevance to business, which is somewhat more than you might think. The concept of infancy consumes my mind right now — so much so that I need three alarms to nudge me out of bed in the morning while Skye (sleeps, k?ks, yells, and … Read more