How can wallflowers become great schmoozers? There’s a lot you can learn from great talkers. First, don’t let common myths about schmoozing stop you from being a great conversationalist.

With the right context, sometimes too many cooks make AMAZING soup.

You can become a better public speaker.
It’s amazing how many people could do their jobs better if they improved their public speaking skills. I recently gave a seminar called “Shy Guy to Guy Smiley” to introduce DJs and teachers to good MCing skills, but these public speaking skills are valuable for everyone – especially [...]

You can divide people into four categories: makers, breakers, stones and stoppers. It’s a vaguely construction-related metaphor:

Makers – They make things happen. These are people who instinctively create, assemble or lead. Where other people see Widgets, one maker has an idea for a new iWidget. When other people see two people [...]

Over the last few years the enormous growth in Open Source software has brought a lot of high-quality applications with everyone’s favourite price tag: free.
There was a time when “free software” was the last thing smart executives wanted their companies using.  If it was free, could it be good?  What about support?  Would you be [...]

After starting a few businesses I’ve become familiar with a lot of common mistakes that entrepreneurs make when starting a new business. Mistakes are inevitable (sometimes even desirable – more on that another time) but at the very least you can make new ones. Here’s a list of common mistakes you [...]