Andy's Blog

Baby bear goes downstairs, sits in his small chair at the table. He looks into his small bowl. It is empty. 'Who's been eating my porridge?' he squeaks. 

Daddy Bear arrives at the big table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl and it is also empty. 'Who's been eating my porridge?!?' he roars.

If you want your business to be like all the others, set yourself some SMART objectives. I doubt there will be anyone who hasn’t had this hammered into them. Specific, Measurable, Achievable (yawn), Realistic, (head lolling in near slumber) and Time-bound (snore).

If you’ve ever come on an ‘Art of Being Brilliant’ workshop (or read our fantastic book of the same name) you’ll be familiar with the term ‘mood hoovers’. A mood hoover is someone who’s stuck in a typically British doom and gloom mentality. The news is always bad, the weather’s always grim, all teenagers are hoodies, work’s rubbish...you get my drift!  They’re stuck in moan mode. And we call them mood hoovers because they’re expert at sucking all the positivity and joy out of the people around them. It only takes 30 seconds...and they’ve made us feel as depressed as they are!

Let me introduce you to a guy who’s the opposite of a mood hoover. We call them, 2%ers...

I run a course called 'The Art of Being Brilliant'. Quite honestly, I have the best job in the world, travelling to meet people from various businesses and schools to deliver something that really works. The results over the years have been magnificent. OK, so there have been a few failures...