Robin Sieger Blog

There are in business, qualities which are universally admired; entrepreneurship, sales ability, the art of negotiation, networking and many others. In the world of the business book and the sound bite, themes come and go, some resonate better than others. Every couple of years a landmark book comes along that breaks the mould, it takes […]

Many books and lectures have explored the notion of happiness. I think happiness like love does not deconstruct. It is present or it is not present, however I do believe that as we are all different, then it stands to reason different things make people happy.
I have talked about no second guessing yourself […]

With so much information, internet spam, newsletters and blogs it is very easy to skip most of it, or have it all mold into one mass of information that feels of little immediate value to us.
I am aware of this when I write my blog, if I have nothing to say I tend not to […]

"I wish I could write a book". I cannot recall how often people say that to me upon hearing that I have written three books. My sage advice is "just start", however they have the usual excuses, no agent, no advance (my favourite excuse) no time, not good at English, bad grammar, waiting until […]

Three months ago I was in a small town 300 miles south of Mumbai in India called Panjim, about 90,000 people live there, and like all Indian towns I have visited one gets a keen sense that everyone is hard at work. I was visiting it with my old High School buddy Patrick, who is […]

Have you ever been talking to somebody and you felt they were not listening? I have, as a conference speaker I have had that same experience, but with 400 people rather than just the one. I should add it was many years ago, at a dinner where the service had been awful, and the […]

Having five sisters meant I spent more time in the kitchen as a young boy than my peers, much of the time trying to get in and help my mother bake a cake. However cake baking never interested me as much as licking the bowl clean afterwards.
To every goal in life there are four parts:
Creation
You […]

I got my haircut today, which is not high on the list of editors 'must have stories', but it is an oasis of reality for me. If you have heard me speak at a conference you may have seen me put up a slide and ask a member of the audience the big question, […]

What is the worst job you have ever had? This question usually finds its best audience at a supper party or amongst a group of friends trying to out do each other with tales of diabolical jobs we had as students, when we were in the 'anything legal for cash' frame of mind.
I had some […]

Following on from my last trip down memory lane. I got to thinking about eating more healthily, which isn’t because I am sponsored by Krispy Kreme donuts, and have to eat 12 every day as part of a contractual obligation. It is due in part to the fact that I am on the road a […]