No pain, no gain
No thorns, no throne. No gall, no glory. No cross, no crown. So don’t get upset when you hit a rough patch. You’re on the right path.
- July 20, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
Put the team first
“Every man for himself,” is a motto for good times. Self-preservation as the primary motivation works fine when everything is going fine. But when you face adversity, selfishness
- July 17, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
Beware corporate BS artists
Big brain, smooth talker. Beware. These guys do well in big corporates where they can razzle dazzle with eloquent arguments and take credit for performance of underlings. They don’t actually
- July 16, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
You are only as strong as the soldier on your left
In their heyday, the Spartans were the most formidable military force in the civilised world. Their battle form was to have a short sword in the right hand and a
- July 15, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
People who talk too much are a red flag
Blah blah blah. If you ever find yourself humming in your head, or mind wandering whilst someone else is talking, that’s a red flag. The other person is either extremely
- July 14, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
Don’t be afraid of the awkward silence
In a sales pitch, sometimes there is a pause on the conversation where the dreaded specter of awkwardness rears its head. A pregnant pause that threatens to give birth to great
- July 11, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
How hard can you get hit?
Rocky Balboa said it best: It ain’t about hard you can get hit. Its about how hard you can get hit, and how much you can take, and keep moving
- July 5, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
If you’re going to tell the truth, be funny
The truth hurts. That’s why people don’t like hearing it. But if you don’t face the truth, you’ll fail. So you have you to find a way to face the
- July 3, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
Entrepreneurs don’t need the credit
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” Harry Truman Why do you need credit? Why do you need people
- July 2, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
Warthogs and maths
The bladder-pipe is to music what warthogs are to mathematics. Largely unconnected. But that doesn’t mean you can’t play music on a bladder-pipe. Try it.
- July 1, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
The danger of “why”
Asking “why” is a very powerful tool, and some would argue it is the sole reason for humankind’s rise to dominate the world as a species. We seem to be
- June 28, 2025
- Alan Knott-Craig
This too shall pass
There are times in business where you feel overwhelmed. Bickering staff, bad press, no parking. The temptation is to step in, get involved, solve the problem, get things under