One Minute Pause no 20
I did a course in comedy last year, conquering my biggest fear. It is taught by a bloke called Logan Murray, and it’s very good.
Dedicate 6 weekends and you learn how to do 5 minutes of stand-up in front of a live audience (http://snipurl.com/com_course).
Logan had a saying that […]

One Minute Pause no 19
I am writing this OMP sitting on a train on the way back from Manchester after meeting two lovely people from a company called SMRS, located in a place called The Triangle.
Two Mancunians told me, without provocation, that The Triangle was formerly the site that was bombed about 10 […]

One Minute Pause no 18
Imagine you’re giving a presentation to 10 people in a boardroom.
You pause for a moment, look at the audience and there’s a sea of blank faces looking back at you.
Worse still, there’s two people yawning, a few people planning their next holiday, and one who’s just nipped out to the loo.
If […]

One Minute Pause no 17
Simeon, a highly paid marketing director for one of Murdoch’s media publications, recently asked me for some help after missing out on a dream role at a rival publication.
During our 2 hour meeting it became clear that he was brilliant at his job - in only 18 months he had turned […]