What would you like to learn from amazing people? Join me on a journey where I interview people like Galileo, Helena Rubinstein, Albert Einstein, Nancy Astor, Martin Luther, Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Antonio Vivaldi and others. Each one of them were outstanding achievers and leaders in the fields of science, business, politics, philosophy, music and other areas. We can achieve a lot by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Theatres of Achievement
Posted by charles in Careers, Life Stories, People, Self Development on 10. May, 2012 | 0 Comments
What is your special skill and where do you perform best? If you can answer those questions you will be well on the way to gaining satisfaction in your work and life. For example, would Mozart have made a great painter or would Monet have been a great musician? They developed their special talents. Mozart [...]
Amazing People Podcasts
Posted by charles in Entertainment, Life Stories, People, Self Development on 03. May, 2012 | 0 Comments
Today, count how many people you see with headphones attached as they get on trains, buses and flights. It seems that young people in particular are more interested in listening than reading on their travels. Few people have a book in the hand, but many have an ear piece. What are they listening to? Is [...]
Amazing People Podcasts
Posted by charles in Athletes, Entertainment, Life Stories, People, Self Development, Sport on 24. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
Are you a mainly a reader or a listener when it comes to gaining information? Normally, I prefer to read, unless I am in the car and listening to the radio. However, last week, I was interviewed by Marion Andersson about my new Apple I book series called Amazing Olympic Stories. It was for a [...]
Amazing Olympians
Posted by charles in Athletes, Cities, London, Self Development, Sport on 22. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
The largest sports show on Earth is close upon us. It is held every four years, But, how did it all start? As part of my interest in amazing people, I decided to travel through time to the days of the ancient Greece. I discovered that in 776BC – almost 3000 years ago – the [...]
Dollars from Apples
Posted by charles in Entrepreneurs, Inventors on 12. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
Some days are more significant than others. On this day in 1976, a little known company launched a computer called Apple 1. The two whizz kid founders were helped in the formation of their company by a colleague. They gave him 10% of the shares, but it is said that he later returned them for about [...]
Reputations
Posted by charles in Life Stories, People, Self Development on 06. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
For what are you known? Over a period of time, people tend to typecast you and others they know. Some people are called risk takers, others are called conservative. In effect, we build up through our actions a brand. Some people are good at self promotion and they put their image in a good light. In my [...]
