SAM ZAWADZKI

This is the most useful book that I have read all year. It left me thinking, why don't they teach this stuff in school or university. This book is a practical guide to dealing with conflict. I'l try and give you a flavour of the basics. My interpretation of the book is really about de-escalating conversations to a safe space, and then taking the time to talk through issues while constantly referring to a mutual objective. When conversations become confrontational, us humans b

The chaos of Lahore is overwhelming. People ooze through the crowded streets in a never ending flow of human. I was fortunate to get a birds eye view of the mayhem from the safety of a mosque's minaret. I found the economic disparity between east and west depressing. The people below were trying so hard to earn enough money to simply exist. One person caught my eye, an older man who was wandering through the streets with a huge bunch of balloons. I observed him for about 5 mi

This book frustrated me, Middleton has a wealth of knowledge, but tries to cover too much. Branding in 3 days rather than 30 would have been way better. Some of the lessons I took from the book are below. Brand is an output, its how customers see your service. Branding is everything you do to nurture a brand. Even if you have no time for marketing you should do PR. PR means 'public relations', but at it's core there is 'media relations', relationships with journalists editors

Use your network for find people, search online Upwork is great place, find work you admire then find out who did it. Short list people you would like to work with and review their work to ensure they are indeed a good fit for your brief. Get at least three quotes, always. Always ask for two references for each freelancer and call them. Take time to give a detailed brief and where possible meet in person to talk through the brief together. Ask for them to come back with a ful

Chatting with my friend Shaf Rasul we stumbled across an interesting business idea. Finding high yield, low risk property investments by using AirBnB. Around the world there is a huge variance in the price of properties, however there is a lesser variance on AirBnB rental prices. What does this mean? (For the examples assume that the occupancy is 50%) A £180,000 property in central Edinburgh may rent on AirBnB for £65 per night, 6.59% yield. In contrast a £40,000 property i