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# Tools of the trade

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'What I've learned about business from the RNLI is the value of teamwork'
27 Mar 2020
414
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'What I've learned about business from the RNLI is the value of teamwork'
24 Mar 2020
2.0k
0
How athletes (and the rest of us) can deal with uncertainty
Updated 21 Mar 2020
27.3k
7
'I don't really switch off, even on holidays I'm always thinking about the business'
17 Mar 2020
1.4k
0
'We can be fooled into thinking that, in a moment of pressure, we have to react instantly'
13 Mar 2020
726
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'We can be fooled into thinking that, in a moment of pressure, we have to react instantly'
10 Mar 2020
1.3k
0
'Our biggest struggle has been that people don't recognise how art affects life'
4 Mar 2020
331
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'Our biggest struggle has been that people don't recognise how art affects life'
3 Mar 2020
886
0
'When I was growing up, people perceived Irish whiskey to be your grandfather's drink'
28 Feb 2020
261
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'When I was growing up, people perceived Irish whiskey to be your grandfather's drink'
25 Feb 2020
1.5k
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'Learn to live on very little, be a good listener and ask questions'
18 Feb 2020
1.1k
0
'I don't let the tyranny of the urgent overwhelm the priority of the important'
13 Feb 2020
244
0
'I don't let the tyranny of the urgent overwhelm the priority of the important'
11 Feb 2020
1.2k
0
'I'm not a micromanager. I trust people to be able to do what they're supposed to do'
4 Feb 2020
1.3k
0
'People are fallible and it's important to generate a culture where they can understand that'
28 Jan 2020
2.2k
0
'Success can be a handshake with someone, it doesn't have to be profits'
23 Jan 2020
394
1
'Success can be a handshake with someone, it doesn't have to be profits'
21 Jan 2020
680
0
'You have to make risk your friend, it's a lifelong relationship'
14 Jan 2020
654
0
'There is no free lunch, there is no reward where there is no risk'
10 Jan 2020
478
0
'There is no free lunch, there is no reward where there is no risk'
7 Jan 2020
1.3k
0
Shoe Dog, Bad Blood and Lord of the Flies: 2019's best business book recommendations
3 Jan 2020
351
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Shoe Dog, Bad Blood and Lord of the Flies: 2019's best business book recommendations
31 Dec 2019
940
0
Parenthood, losing money and falling from the top: Turning points in the lives of business leaders
24 Dec 2019
917
0
Parenthood, losing money and falling from the top: Turning points in the lives of business leaders
20 Dec 2019
551
0
'We often say in this business that feedback is the breakfast of champions'
20 Dec 2019
315
0
'We often say in this business that feedback is the breakfast of champions'
17 Dec 2019
699
0
'Be sensitive to changes and nudge things along, rather than try to force them'
12 Dec 2019
585
0
'Be sensitive to changes and nudge things along, rather than try to force them'
10 Dec 2019
545
0
'As a business owner you have to be open to risk, otherwise you're not in the right job'
5 Dec 2019
374
0
'As a business owner you have to be open to risk, otherwise you're not in the right job'
3 Dec 2019
1.6k
0
'You have to get back on the horse every time you fall off'
29 Nov 2019
311
0
'You have to get back on the horse every time you fall off'
26 Nov 2019
1.8k
0
'We were completely self-sufficient - my father was a huntsman'
22 Nov 2019
476
0
'We were completely self-sufficient - my father was a huntsman'
19 Nov 2019
1.9k
0
'You can train skill sets, but you can't drive ambition into people if they don't have it'
15 Nov 2019
967
0
'You can train skill sets, but you can't drive ambition into people if they don't have it'
12 Nov 2019
6.0k
0
'I remember when the last crash came, people said 'don't waste a good recession'''
7 Nov 2019
1.2k
0
'I remember when the last crash came, people said 'don't waste a good recession'''
5 Nov 2019
3.3k
0
'I went from the top to, relatively speaking, very near the bottom'
31 Oct 2019
1.3k
0
'I went from the top to, relatively speaking, very near the bottom'
29 Oct 2019
2.0k
0
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