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Working On ItUnderstanding Personality Types for Business Success with Neil TusonToday, Brad interviews Neil Tuson, founder of Perfect Teams, a personality profiling system. Neil shares his fascinating journey from a marine engineer in the Navy to a successful entrepreneur and public speaker, highlighting key turning points that shaped his career. He discusses the importance of personal development, the value of learning from failures, and the significance of understanding different personality types within teams.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The transition from a career in engineering and the Navy to personal development highlights the importance of recognising one's strengths and seeking opportunities for growth. The realisation that public speaking...
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Round the World With Cracklin JaneFamily Reunion - Round the World with Cracklin Jane1 - Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four - Ray Mc Kinley with Will Bradley and his Orchestra – 19412 - He's a Cousin of Mine - Miss Clarice Vance - 19063 - Boogie Woogie's Mother-In-Law - Buddy Johnson and his Band – 19414 – Bring It On Home to Grandma - Jones’ Jazz Wizards - 19355 - I'm My Own Grandmaw - Esmereldy and her Novelty Band – 19486 - Your Mother's Son-In-Law - Billie Holiday with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - 19337 - Old Uncle Ned - William Tuson – 19058 – Grandpa’s Spells – Jelly Roll Morton a...
2024-12-2559 minRound the World With Cracklin JaneFamily Reunion - Round the World with Cracklin Jane1 - Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four - Ray Mc Kinley with Will Bradley and his Orchestra – 19412 - He's a Cousin of Mine - Miss Clarice Vance - 19063 - Boogie Woogie's Mother-In-Law - Buddy Johnson and his Band – 19414 – Bring It On Home to Grandma - Jones’ Jazz Wizards - 19355 - I'm My Own Grandmaw - Esmereldy and her Novelty Band – 19486 - Your Mother's Son-In-Law - Billie Holiday with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - 19337 - Old Uncle Ned - William Tuson – 19058 – Grandpa’s Spells – Jelly Roll Morton a...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— The EpilogueA ‘Gallery of Giggling Ghosts’.
Sometimes, you must reach the end to realise what it was all about. That happened when I wrote ‘Listening, Laughing, and Learning’. The Gallery of Giggling Ghosts was all my ancestors roaring with laughter when they found out I’d written a book about RESPONSIBILITY. The thing is, it’s the single biggest
issue that needs to be addressed today— Self-responsibility and willpower to counter the culture of blame and excuses. There’s a fitting final quote from JFK; “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your countr...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 54The Final Episode— Call it out.
When people have certainty and tell you ‘You Should’ do something, run a mile. Beware being ‘Should’ on.
Solutions are never external fixes; they are always internal. Salvation doesn’t come from a great saviour. Beware the ‘Great Con’.
A final call to be a ‘Maverick’, say ‘No’ to authority and the freedom to say, “The Emperor looks like Winnie-the-Pooh.”
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The fifty-fourth and final extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 53Share your vision.
What’s mine? All is revealed in this episode. It will be benchmarked when we have our ‘First Supper’ at the Hyatt Churchill on Portman Square next November.
We’re looking for bright, smart, energetic, creative and determined partners with a flair for business, advertising, marketing, promotion, sales, and tech development.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The fifty-third extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #creative #smart #determination #flair #firstsuppe...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 52Keep making goals.
The fact of life is that “Successful people do the things that failures don’t like to do.”
A timely reminder of earlier lessons.
It’s brilliant when you finally have an interested buyer, and they get you on the stage at Central Hall Westminster.
My 50th Navy reunion sowed the seeds of yet another goal.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The fifty-second extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character#listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 51Follow your energy.
The discovery that I’d never met a ‘Sceptical Horse’ puts everything in perspective. Sure, one person said, “I was talking horse s****”, but then he was the ‘Knob of the Year’.
Be aware that how people react to something is how
they react to everything— It’s just their own s***
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The fifty-first extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #conf...
2024-11-1208 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 50DO IT TODAY.
The realisation that I only had 10,000 days left provided an impetus to get on and get things done today.
The great equaliser in life is time.
We all only have 8,760 hours a year. What we do with them makes all the difference.
Where do you invest your time?
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The fiftieth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #time #tim...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 49I hate marketing—it’s such a waste of time for a salesperson.
We’re open for business and discover C.A.N.I., the need for constant and never-ending investment.
The Perfect Teams Academy is formed along with a clear set of values—Simple, Clear, and Light.
We gain our first international licensee.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-ninth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #lo...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 48Winnie the Pooh’s Pandemic.
Someone once said, “If you want to make god laugh, tell her your goals.” She roared at the beginning of 2020 when I told her mine.
When the Emperor has no clothes, they need to be called out. Dictators, Despots, Autocrats and Theocrats should be mercilessly ridiculed, lampooned and called out.
A clarion call to ridicule the ‘Dicks’ of the world.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-eighth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #en...
2024-11-0905 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 47Take a tilt at a windmill.
The only way to reinvigorate society is to challenge the construct of established beliefs and systems. Thomas Kuhn’s concept of Paradigm shifts shows us how to turn the world inside out.
If you have the right tools, change and team development don’t have to be difficult, complex, and expensive.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-seventh extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 46
Habit Holes, Banjos, and The Ritz.
An autobiography of life in five chapters provides a
metaphorical slap across the face with a wet fish. I wake up and walk down a different street.
Flipping my WILL switch brings about some ‘Game-Changing’ ideas, our first investor and a compelling VISION.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-sixth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #vision #networking #habits #sobriety
2024-11-0707 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 45“He walked her six miles.”
She could only do two initially, but she did her first marathon after six months.
The importance of determination, grit, resilience, stoicism
and tenacity is admirably summed up by the Finnish term SISU.
Eight hundred and eighty-eight thousand, two hundred and forty-six souls are remembered with a sea of poppies.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-fifth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confron...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 44Debt, Divorce and Death.
A fiscal cliff akin to falling off El Capitan introduces the perils of D-World— the boundary state of transition full of DOOM and Danger. It’s where change happens, and I’m saved by a donkey and walking.
Shake it off and step up.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-fourth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #dismay #disillusion #doom #danger
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 43Time to POP the Ego introduces the seventh week of the podcast.
This episode starts with a Mayfair boardroom with confrontation across it and a schism running down the
centre.
It finishes with a call to POP the raging Egos and Martin Luther King’s rallying call to dream.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-third extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #poptheego #schism #martinlutherking #susanca...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 42
Jung, Hitchhiking, and a Dodecahedron.
A conversation with Carl Jung led to three people telling me I needed to do this for myself.
The secret to life is ‘Do it for yourself’.
We discover that character trumps personality every time.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-second extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #carljung #philosophy #doitforyourself
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 41
The meeting, the cock up, and the genius.
We don’t know who he is, or what he’s here for, but here he is. The sublime introduction that led to The Art of Facilitation and perfect meetings.
Seven steps that will make you a star.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The forty-first extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #meetings #facilitation #genius
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 40
Rubber, Magic, and Etched Eyeballs. When you’re no longer made of magic and rubber, you must take a step back in life.
Proudest client interactions, a 33,333% return on
investment, and how a card brought a tear to my eye.
Plus, my introduction to Jürgen Klopp and the wonders of the Bundesliga.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller.
The fortieth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #newyork #frankfu...
2024-11-0106 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 39
Polly, Obama, Wilberforce and rape.
Never underestimate the power of what one person can do.
Polly wanted three hundred corporations to be held responsible for the rape and pillaging of the planet, with the UN adopting a ‘Law of Ecocide’.
One man made it his mission to change the world one step at a time.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-ninth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character
#listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline
#attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #Obama #quakers...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 38The Nail, the Dog, and the collapsing bridge.
The Art of Dealing with Stress stops a runner
in their tracks, causes abuse, and changes a life.
The theory of resonance shows why you need to stop exciting the negatives with a little help from a French philosopher.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-eighth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character
#listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline
#attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation #stress
2024-10-3007 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 37
Three forks and suck-back turn to gold.
This is the ‘Golden Egg’ of all the episodes to date.
It is the core secret of the whole series. If you can only listen to one recording from the entire series, ensure it is this one.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-seventh extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character
#listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline
#attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation
2024-10-2907 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 36
Stags, Moose, and Elephants introduce the sixth week of the podcast.
The Moose is loose in Cambridge when a group of Brits attempt to out-stag the Aussies.
An immortal line is coined; fourteen-year cycles get confirmed, and the wonders of Yosemite are extolled.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-sixth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 35
This episode is about ‘Connections’ and ‘Confrontation’. There’s also Ego, Storming off, and ‘Rutting Stags’.
How three folk going for a run around ‘Arthur’s Seat’ cleared the air and, being cornered, sowed the seeds for Perfect Teams.
Don’t like them? Get to know them better.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-fifth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #confrontation
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 34
Why being one step removed is ‘The Secret of Life’. This episode majors in how to resolve all arguments and why the number forty-two is so important.
How a trip to Longleat and getting lost in the maze provided an apt metaphor for leadership.
If it’s misty in the pulpit, it will be foggy in the pews.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-fourth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #42 #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #quakers...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 33
What’s the best-kept secret? The Great Soprendo— Geoffrey Durham wows my audience of entrepreneurs with his Magic Circle Top 50 act, ‘The Newspaper Tear.’
It’s time to get on the stage myself. I discover a trick to raise my coaching game and why it’s not painting by numbers.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-third extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #quakers #thequietman #geoffreydurham
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 32
Time and respect underpin this episode.
Where do you invest your time? Successful people
become successful in the time that others waste.
Take a ‘Drucker’ cold shower, keep a ‘Time-Log’ and ascertain if you’re worth £10 an hour, £100 per hour, or
£1,000 per hour.
Do the respect exercise and discover the qualities you’ve been searching for all your life.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-second extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #list...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 31
To Lead— Serve First. This episode explores Robert Greenleaf’s seminal work on Servant Leadership. The idea is that leadership is not about power, coercion, command and control. The Freedom Tree finally emerges from the shadows with thirty-seven stunning watercolours. Dyslexia and ‘Hunter’s Pace’ provide a thread.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirty-first extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #robertgreenleaf #dyslexia
2024-10-2306 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 30
I invented coaching, and then the internet age began with the ‘Dotcom’ bust and a tsunami of ‘Coaches’, all trained by Jonathan Jay. This episode covers qualifications and the prime skill a coach will ever need. A client says, “I’d pay £50,000 to know what Neil knows!”
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The thirtieth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman #quietleadership
2024-10-2205 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 29
The fifth week of the podcast begins with turning the other cheek. It’s not a sign of weakness but putting the finger up to authority.
We prove that ‘The English’ are more positive than ‘The Germans’, that sanity is living in a box with the number two on it, and that the grand old Duke of York is worth following.
54 Life Tips from a Master Storyteller
The twenty-ninth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #a...
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 28
‘Vision’ and ‘How far do you want to go?’ A school friend’s vision of ‘The House on the Hill’ provides an apt story for the power of having a ‘Vision’ and ‘Adding a Zero’. I got out of bed for less than $10,000 and discovered that luck can be like three buses, one after the other.
The twenty-eighth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #thequietman
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 27
Quietness, Stillness, Silence, Calmness, Serenity, Peace, and Tranquillity—if these are qualities you seek, this is the episode for you. The pace changes, trauma is released, forgiveness is given, and The Freedom Tree emerges. Learn to sit in Silence.
The twenty-seventh extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #quakers
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 26Forty-two is the beginning of the ‘Age of Mastery. ‘Pubic’ speaking, Kyrgyzstan, back-pocket talks, and inventing coaching are all featured in this episode. Gagging on company ‘Mission’ statements leads to a new communication model set to save the world. Have you been ‘Tusoned’ yet?
The twenty-sixth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-1808 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 25Your client says, “Emotional stability is the thing I respect the most.” When your world is ‘Topsy-Turvey’, you think, “That would be nice!” This episode sees the rise and fall of the British Empire, the power of the bell, and the original ‘Factor X’.
The twenty-fifth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 24‘Falling out of a tree’ provides a valuable insight into ascribing meaning to events. Good or Bad? Right or wrong? Lucky or unlucky? There is also a powerful lesson on conscious, wilful action being the engine of civilisation. ‘Mind your Gap’, Dunbar’s number, and feedback ‘Filling the sails’ anchor this episode.
The twenty-fourth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 23Criticism and communication are the themes, but words of wisdom from a nine-year-old take centre stage—don’t be a slave to the salary. The ‘Birdwhistell’ formula, top international salesman, three big ticks in San Diego and being called an ‘Arrogant CNT’ round out this episode.
The twenty-third extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-1506 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 22The fourth week of the podcast begins with not being ‘Rich enough’, the ‘Wisdom of Insecurity’, and ‘Living in Interesting Times’. The cliches just come fast and furiously.
A story of a butterfly and an overheard conversation save the day— once they are secure in my little notebook.
The twenty-second extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-1406 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 21Walking, Tooting, Alligators, Boat races, Jack Nicolson, Snowden, and spitting tea out with politicians all combine in this episode. The gist is to shine your shoes,
get the right kit, and learn to live on the edge because that is where there is energy and movement.
The twenty-first extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-1306 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 20The lessons start to come thick and fast. I overcome my culture shock and commit to staying in the UK.
Goethe and Encyclopaedia Britannica combine to educate me. I learn about the concept of ‘Suck Back’, differentiate between takers and givers and start to look at walls differently.
The twentieth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-1207 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 19The plates shift and throw me back up in the UK. The shock is palpable and immortalised by one line— “What will I tell my friends?” upon the news that I wished to stay in sales! Getting slaughtered in a ‘Team Building’ exercise, realising that Brits didn’t like investing in themselves, and the concept of ‘The Maltese Breaststroke’ all arise.
The nineteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-1106 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 18Seismic and tectonic shifts occur after lunch at Bake ‘n Broil on Atlantic Avenue. Who would have thought HAL (from 2001), Tony Robbins, General Sherman, Garcia, Pots
of Gold, and Fairy Tales could be so inextricably linked? The hero lived happily ever after, but not in the intended way.
The eighteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-1006 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 17What do butterflies, visualisations, and chaos have in common? Threads start to come together. Promises are kept. Races are aced. Palm Springs, Porsche road trips, and sailing to Santa Catalina provide the backdrop to the decisive decisions about to be made, with some squirming and smirking thrown in.
The seventeenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 16The muse strikes, and a poem emerges in the hope that it will tempt someone back. A road trip to Santa Barbara holds a mirror up to entrenched prejudice. A second trip
to Brunei leads to a reconciliation. The idea of leaving corporate security arises. All this is accompanied by an 80s soundtrack of Huey Lewis, U2, Enya,
Eddie Brickell, and Bobby McFerrin.
The sixteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-0805 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 15The third week of this podcast begins with a salutary lesson. The ‘Englishman in LA’ fails to charm the audience and fails magnificently. He learns three lessons: 1. to
invest in himself, 2. to speak in public, and 3. to let ‘Love’ go.
The idea for ‘The Freedom Tree’ takes root, and the mantra, “It wasn’t that I couldn’t, I’d never been shown how”, is first uttered.
The fifteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love
2024-10-0705 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 14What is the greatest motivator? Why every step and breath is important. With the decks cleared and my best-ever marathon in the bag, I’m free to follow the path west
and transfer to California, where one heck of a storm awaits me.
The fourteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #running #boston
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 13The ‘B’ episode. Beware Bears. Bonnie and the Birdhouse Bar. Brunei. Black Monday.
This chapter is more of a personal interlude with the lesson that one needs to prepare for the storms ahead. The
highlights are ‘Skinny Dipping’ in the South China Sea supping Vervé Cliquet and the greatest opening line to a book ever.
The thirteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
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The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 12I’m now an Englishman in St. Louis. Aided by a little motivation called Lynn DeNinno, I learned that ‘Age doesn’t matter’ and ‘Daily Discipline’ is vital to success. I
joined the famous 6:20 running club, started running marathons, got seasick on Lake Michigan, and met an Englishman in New York.
The twelfth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0406 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 11My ability to ask questions gets me a job. Nine hundred miles south and east lies St. Louis, the gateway to the West. I learned that remembering people’s names (provided you get them right) is crucial to success in sales. I meet Kirk, a sublime runner who introduces me to the St. Louis running community. I start to write again and get divorced.
The eleventh extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0306 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 101983, and the real lessons of life begin. I’m an ‘Alien’ and began my new life in the USA selling Kirby vacuum cleaners door to door in the North Dakota winter. I learned
that successful people do the things failures don’t like to do. Willpower is the gatekeeper to opportunity. Grafton, Red Lake Falls, and Thief River Falls mould my character.
The tenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0305 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 9The summer of 81. Reagan and the Pope get shot. The AIDS crisis rears its head. Charles and Diana got married, and so did I. Following some magnificent resits, I’m allowed to continue my studies accompanied by the classic soundtrack of Bowie’s ‘Let Dance’, the Eurythmics, Talking Heads, and Cyndi Lauper. There was also a war
in which the ‘Be Stoic’ lesson came through.
The ninth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0304 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 8The second week begins with some cracking insights.
It’s 1980, and time for university. I loved univesity because it taught me how to teach myself. It wasn’t easy, but then the best things in life never are. The year’s highlights were
visiting the USA four times, a friend for life, Magnificent Spaghetti Bolognese, meeting an ex-Trappist monk, the first Great North Run, and discovering that the Newcastle dialect is pure Norwegian.
The eighth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students...
2024-10-0303 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 7The 70s are about to end, and so is my naval career. The lessons are ‘Travelling opens your eyes’ and ‘Relish being shocked’. Different cultures and languages expand your mindset. The ‘Eagle atop the orangery’ is forever etched in my imagination.
With Newcastle University approaching, I am again venturing into a foreign land!
The seventh extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0303 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 6This episode is about ‘Making friends— Sharing new experiences’ and ‘Developing a Can-Do attitude’. It starts with a £9 flight to the USA, a thwarted motorcycle ride
along Route 66, Mexican Food and Skiing in the Rockies. It ends with a road trip to the land of 10,000 lakes, a sunken canoe, and a T-shirt saying, “I’d rather be in Denver”.
The sixth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0305 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 5In the late seventies, the boy starts to mature. He learnt that ‘Competency brings responsibility’ and that he has to live a life ‘Continuing to learn.’ This is all aided and abetted with two gallons of smuggled navy rum and a promotion to
Third Engineer Officer.
The fifth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0304 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 3It's 1972. The lessons in this chapter are ‘Delay the Gratification’ and ‘Stay Active’. The real lessons in life come after you leave school. I’m introduced to Kafkaesque
Bureaucracy, running in the middle of the Atlantic, and the seeds of a personal vision.
The third extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0305 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 2It’s 1966. England won the World Cup, and I go to Prices Grammar. England’s win lives on my school days will forever fade away. The critical transition from childhood
to young adulthood is characterised by teenage angst and rebellion. The watershed moment is ‘Developing my own sunny disposition’ and ‘Investing in myself’.
The second extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning"
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0304 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— Episode 1We start in 1954. Radically different to the ethos of 2024. The mantras of the day were “Spare the rod and spoil the child” and “Children should be seen and not heard”.
Collective self-esteem, national character, and attitude were rapidly going South. It was time to ‘Blow one’s own trumpet’ and recognise that ‘Coming second is OK, but first feels so much better’.
The first extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning"
#character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership
2024-10-0303 min
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man Series— The PilotPilot:
"Neil doesn't say much, but when he does, it's worth listening to!"
This is one of those comments that many people would have ignored or forgotten.
In 37 years of listening and learning, I collected those comments, lessons, and forgotten scraps of life and formed them into my latest book— 'Listening, Laughing, and Learning'.
Because I never said that much, many people thought I was 'hiding my light under a bushel'.
I have therefore created this 'Quiet Man Series' to right that wrong and share with the world, through 54 ep...
2024-10-0302 min
CharityChatE224 - The A To Z Of Positive Thinking With Neil TusonIn this episode we speak with Neil Tuson, author of The A to Z of Positive Thinking. We speak about why positive thinking is so important and what it can do to support those working within the charity sector.
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Death Of 1000 CutsDeath Of 1000 Cuts - Season 2 Episode 44 - Pitch Rush SpecialThis is the Death Of 1000 Cuts Pitch Rush Special episode. 55 authors, 55 novels looking for agents and editors. I read out a rapid-fire showcase of 100-word synopses and extracts.
This is a great episode to listen to if you're trying to figure out how to pitch your novel, how to write a synopsis, how to write a query letter, and what makes the best extract of your work to share. It's also a great episode to listen to if you're interested in finding new talent!
If you fancy supporting me and this podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery...
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