Brendan Mitchell blog

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • A Taste Sensation

    OK let’s be honest here, the packaging Pot Noodle comes in tastes better than the contents, and I don’t think their new Kebab flavoured Pot Noodle is going to improve things, but the advert made me smile! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy2nqEfSx3Q]

  • A Taste Sensation

    OK let’s be honest here, the packaging Pot Noodle comes in tastes better than the contents, and I don’t think their new Kebab flavoured Pot Noodle is going to improve things, but the advert made me smile! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy2nqEfSx3Q]

  • Don’t Project Ideas, Reflect Solutions

    If you’re a real consultant you appreciate that you’re clients are the experts in their area of business, not you. Listen to what they have to say, understand their needs, focus on their problems. That way, your solution will be a reflection of their needs, not a projection of your ideas.

  • Watch Your Behaviour

    ‘Power’ is derived from position. ‘Authority’ is derived from title. ‘Leadership’ is derived from behavior. James R. Davis

  • The Genius of Being Lazy

    If you have a hard task to do, give it to a lazy person, as they will always find the simplest way to do it with the least amount of effort… now that’s genius!

  • Straplines: What’s the point?

    It depends on your name, your offerings, your products & your services. Sometimes the name says it all ie: “Spit ‘n’ Polish Cleaning Services” doesn’t need much else, they’ve already said what they do in their name, while “Sparkle” would benefit from something like “Cleaning That Dazzles!” In the second example, you don’t know whether…

  • Resigned To The Fact

    This post was originally written on the 1st April, but I couldn’t post it until today, and believe me, it’s no April’s Fool. Today is the 1st of April… the dreaded “R” word raised it’s ugly head today, no not recession, the other one, redundancy. I heard from two more friends, that they were made…

  • You 2.0

    You can’t be in two places at the same time… but with social networks that’s not exactly true anymore, in fact, you can be in several places at once, but what happens when “You 1.0” no longer exists, what happens to “You 2.0” when you shuffle off this world for the next (if that’s your…

  • Decisions, decisions

    Chilling out on a sofa with a cheap bottle of red & a good woman, or a good bottle of red & a cheap woman? Answers on a post card please ; )

  • Decisions, decisions

    Chilling out on a sofa with a cheap bottle of red & a good woman, or a good bottle of red & a cheap woman? Answers on a post card please ; )

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