http://andrewpmsmith.com Mojitos. Mo problems Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:37:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [UPDATE Feb 11 2010] I now have a dedicated blog about public speaking. You can and read an updated version of this article and read more write-ups of workshops I have attended. Last night I attended a workshop called "The Power of Persuasion" lead by Simon Bucknall, twice winner of the ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=55 When I was in India last year I read The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, a fantastic book that won the Man Booker Prize in 2008.  I had brought my copy from a street seller who laid out a collection of books on a pallet on the pavement, most of which ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=35 Last year I read lots of books and I intend to keep up the momentum this year.  One thing I have learned over the last year is that after reading a non-fiction book, however interesting or inspirational, the knowledge seems to seep away very quickly.  Even if I have found ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=29 [UPDATE Feb 11 2010] I now have a dedicated blog about public speaking. You can and read an updated version of this article and watch more of my speeches. For the past few weeks I've been busy working on my first speech for my public speaking club: London Cardinals which is ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=11 With über-noël 2k8 fast approaching (the yuletide equivalent of über-fest) I find myself getting into lots of conversations about american TV shows.  Such debate has provided me the opportunity to revise my opinions and place into context many of the great TV shows of the late nineties and early "naughties". For ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=17 Having been the member of the London Cardinals Toastmasters' club for a couple of months now I've had the opportunity to watch several accomplished public speakers including a UK and Ireland champion.  I've done a couple of table topics - short impromptu speeches - however the dreaded "icebreaker" is approaching ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=10 Über-fest is usually met with a reaction of hilarity when I describe it to someone for the first time. People usually assume it's an ad hoc affair with a cool name. They couldn't be further from the truth. Over the course five years, five über-fests and five ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=8 http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=7 One of my more disgusting habits... While eating a selection of snacks I realised that my lack of a spoon would require me to get up an miss at least thirty seconds of TV. In a flash of inspiration a new method for clean and utensilless kiwi consumption was born. Rather ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=6 I don't usually make new year's resolutions. But around new year's eve I was regularly attending Toastmasters and the topic of new year's resolutions was dominating the speeches. I spent an hour, or so, creating a mind map of resolutions that I thought were achievable. I ended ... http://andrewpmsmith.com/?p=5