Archive for July, 2010

Just don’t

Friday, July 30th, 2010

At the end of the day if we can’t strike a bargain we will be back to square one.

Seriously?

Cliche’s are lazy. They are a way for people to speak without having to think.

If you aren’t going to bother with thinking, might be best not communicating.

Genius

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Roger Federer has sourced a new coach.

Federer has won 16 majors (the most by any male tennis player in history) including a career Grand Slam, earned more than $56,000,000 in prize money (more than any other player in history), held the world number 1 ranking for 237 consecutive weeks (the most by any player… in history) and is commonly regarded as the greatest player of all time.

Yesterday he employed a new coach. He wants to be better, to learn more.

Genius.

From the producer of…

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

There is a lot to like about movies.

If Tarantino, Kubrik or Shyamalan produce a film, tickets sell before a trailer is released. Why? Because there is a history of great work (according to their fans). The past will sell the future.

It is the same for Apple, Toyota and McDonalds – future products sell because of the ‘quality’ of their past.

Creating the reputation is the hard part.