Often It’s The One-Liners That Make A Big Difference

Someone said to me this week, ‘Peter, I really appreciated what you had to say in that presentation you gave today , however, you know the thing that really made a big impact for me was an off- the-cuff, throw away comment you made.’

How often is this the case? A small snippet of advice, or a remark gleaned from a story told by someone, may be the very thing that makes all the difference in our lives and in the life of our business.

Some of the best business advice I have ever received comes in this form.

No matter how many training programs we enrol in or formal courses we might undertake, it is the one-liner often that strikes us.

I remember in high school my football coach yelling at me and asking:

‘Peter, when does it start to matter?’

That simple question is one that I have never forgotten.