Journal

Above all, encourage each other, and make the work fun.

Writing a business presentation, writing a best man’s speech at a wedding, writing an after-dinner talk – these are all creative acts but they require preparation and structure.

The vast majority of presentations today are done on PowerPoint. Yet PowerPoint is to communications what a microwave is to cooking – living proof that easier is not always better. And just as a microwave is the perfect short cut to bland food, so PowerPoint is the perfect short cut to bland thought.

If you don’t have confidence in you, they won’t have confidence in your idea.

The bigger the problem, the more valuable the solution.