Category: evergreen
Are you past or future-oriented?
Do you want to understand protestants, catholics, Sicilians, children and time? This is for you. I was surfing around YouTube researching some material for a presentation and, as often happens, I got diverted and discovered this great video, it is by Philip Zimbardo and is titled “The Secret Power of Time.” I thought it was…
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Entrepreneur Country Cartoons
Entrepreneur Country runs a number of great events; I’ve been able to attend a few. Until today I hadn’t realised that they also had a daily cartoon. Here’s the one I first spotted: “I’ve decided to stop sleeping my way to the top and just second base it to middle management.” And this one reminded me…
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I want to work for Walkers
The marketing team at Walkers must have loads of fun. I’m guessing this from their output. Look at this example: “classically ready salted” “with salt from Cheshire” Fabulous stuff. I wonder if they’ve tested these lines with panels? Do you think they ship different packaging to Lancashire?
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The GAAFers
BRIC, MAVINS and PIIGS Back in 2003 the acronym BRIC was used by Goldman Sachs when talking about the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China combined. The report speculated that by 2050 these four economies would be wealthier than most of the current major economic powers. In 2010, the Business Insider used the acronym…
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Men’s Shoes
The pointedness of a man’s shoes is inversely proportional to his usefulness to society. Evidence for this may be gained from looking at the footwear of estate agents and firemen. What are your observations? Discuss (that’s what the comments bit below is for). An aside: my weekend shoes are always more rounded than the shoes…
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