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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.

Have you ever watched a house being built from scratch? For months and months nothings seems to happen – then suddenly the house is there. When the base is properly in place, the rest is easy.

You don’t need to escape to Yorkshire, let alone Marrakesh, to find some isolation – but you do need to find it.

Unusual thinking doesn’t happen when you’re in a utterly usual space. You must find a new space to think in.

So when you’re pitching to someone, you’re asking them to judge the future. Since knowing the future is beyond logic, their judgement won’t be based on logical factors but on emotional factors: trust, confidence, hope, ambition, desire.

Life is too short so kiss slowly, laugh insanely love truly and forgive quickly.

Always forgive your enemies, nothing will annoy them more.