Posted in Podcasts on Apr 19th, 2008
It’s great to receive feedback about the podcast. The comments on the meanderings, bad jokes and thoughts on the weeks ‘must read’ articles are always gratefully received at newsletter@geoffthompson.com Having said that it seems a new feature is developing, saying hello to podcast listeners mum’s. Can this surreal mix get anymore… surreal. You bet ya! [...]
Posted in Articles on Apr 19th, 2008
You know what I love, what makes me smile, what makes me laugh out loud? When you talk to people about service and they give you that patronising he’s-a-bible-pusher look. The reason it makes me smile is because people just miss the point. And in missing the point they miss the greatest opportunity that has [...]
Posted in Podcasts on Apr 8th, 2008
‘All Sailors’ is this week’s ‘must read’ article that comes under the spotlight for analysis and discussion, with Richard Barnes asking Geoff Thompson why he wrote it, what it has tell and what can be learnt. The inspiration for the article comes from headlines in the press seeming to suggest to Geoff that the world [...]
Posted in Articles on Apr 8th, 2008
I read the newspaper and the headlines disturbed me; men, women, the old and the young, boys and girls, every age, sex, denomination, colour and creed all suffering, all in pain. People lost, people broken, people killed, people suffering and people in turmoil. It appeared to me as though the universe out there was an [...]
Posted in Podcasts on Apr 8th, 2008
This week’s ‘must read’ article is called Difficult Difficult, Difficult Easy. My spell checker is warning me of repeated words and warning aside it describes something you can look for and do if you want doors to open on your life, and real benefits to appear right in front of you, no matter what it [...]
Posted in Articles on Apr 8th, 2008
I bumped into an old friend from the distant past. In my early days as a hard-nosed knuckle-dragger he was one of my compatriots, and one of the hardest working martial artists around. He had always prided himself on his sinewy mentality when it came to all things physical, and he had a prolific work [...]
