The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

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The Quiet Man episodes

  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 15

    The third week of this podcast begins with a salutary lesson. The ‘Englishman in LA’ fails to charm the audience and fails magnificently. He learns three lessons: 1. to

    invest in himself, 2. to speak in public, and 3. to let ‘Love’ go.

    The idea for ‘The Freedom Tree’ takes root, and the mantra, “It wasn’t that I couldn’t, I’d never been shown how”, is first uttered.

    The fifteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love

    6 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 14

    What is the greatest motivator? Why every step and breath is important. With the decks cleared and my best-ever marathon in the bag, I’m free to follow the path west

    and transfer to California, where one heck of a storm awaits me.

    The fourteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership #discipline #attitude #willpower #love #running #boston

    7 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 13

    The ‘B’ episode.  Beware Bears. Bonnie and the Birdhouse Bar. Brunei. Black Monday.

    This chapter is more of a personal interlude with the lesson that one needs to prepare for the storms ahead. The

    highlights are ‘Skinny Dipping’ in the South China Sea supping Vervé Cliquet and the greatest opening line to a book ever.

     The thirteenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    6 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 12

    I’m now an Englishman in St. Louis. Aided by a little motivation called Lynn DeNinno, I learned that ‘Age doesn’t matter’ and ‘Daily Discipline’ is vital to success. I

    joined the famous 6:20 running club, started running marathons, got seasick on Lake Michigan, and met an Englishman in New York.

     

    The twelfth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    7 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 11

    My ability to ask questions gets me a job. Nine hundred miles south and east lies St. Louis, the gateway to the West. I learned that remembering people’s names (provided you get them right) is crucial to success in sales. I meet Kirk, a sublime runner who introduces me to the St. Louis running community. I start to write again and get divorced.

     

    The eleventh extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    7 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 10

    1983, and the real lessons of life begin. I’m an ‘Alien’ and began my new life in the USA selling Kirby vacuum cleaners door to door in the North Dakota winter. I learned

    that successful people do the things failures don’t like to do. Willpower is the gatekeeper to opportunity. Grafton, Red Lake Falls, and Thief River Falls mould my character.

     

    The tenth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    6 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 9

    The summer of 81. Reagan and the Pope get shot. The AIDS crisis rears its head. Charles and Diana got married, and so did I. Following some magnificent resits, I’m allowed to continue my studies accompanied by the classic soundtrack of Bowie’s ‘Let Dance’, the Eurythmics, Talking Heads, and Cyndi Lauper. There was also a war

    in which the ‘Be Stoic’ lesson came through.

     

    The ninth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    5 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 8

    The second week begins with some cracking insights.

    It’s 1980, and time for university. I loved univesity because it taught me how to teach myself. It wasn’t easy, but then the best things in life never are. The year’s highlights were

    visiting the USA four times, a friend for life, Magnificent Spaghetti Bolognese, meeting an ex-Trappist monk, the first Great North Run, and discovering that the Newcastle dialect is pure Norwegian.

     

    The eighth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    4 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 7

    The 70s are about to end, and so is my naval career. The lessons are ‘Travelling opens your eyes’ and ‘Relish being shocked’. Different cultures and languages expand your mindset. The ‘Eagle atop the orangery’ is forever etched in my imagination.

    With Newcastle University approaching, I am again venturing into a foreign land!

     

    The seventh extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    4 min
  • The Quiet Man Series— Episode 6

    This episode is about ‘Making friends— Sharing new experiences’ and ‘Developing a Can-Do attitude’. It starts with a £9 flight to the USA, a thwarted motorcycle ride

    along Route 66, Mexican Food and Skiing in the Rockies. It ends with a road trip to the land of 10,000 lakes, a sunken canoe, and a T-shirt saying, “I’d rather be in Denver”.

     

    The sixth extract from Neil Tuson's new book— "Listening, Laughing, and Learning."

     

    #character #listening #laughing #learning #students #entrepreneurs #leadership

    6 min

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Neil Tuson — The UK’s #1 Character-Based Scale-Up Coach