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  • Give Me The Bottom Line
    2025/06/04

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    Do you like something for free or at a much lower cost than expected?

    The answer has to be yes, most of us love a bargain.

    But don’t you just get a little bit suspicious sometimes when presented with such great offers. ‘What’s the catch?’ is the question.

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    2 分
  • Forget about goals
    2025/05/02

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    Many motivational speakers and self-help books will tell you that you must have goals. I’ve even advocated goal setting myself in the past.

    You write down your goals and detail them for family life, friends, finances, career, recreation, health, learning, education and your spiritual life.

    However, I've now come to the conclusion that successful people with strong self-belief don't do goal setting in this way - why? - Because their too busy doing what they need to do to get what they want to get.

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    2 分
  • How to Live Longer
    2025/04/18

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    I have found the answer to eternal life. Well maybe not eternal, but certainly a long one.

    A report in American Psychologist states that:

    Smiling and being agreeable influences the length of people’s lives in a positive way – Wow!

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    4 分
  • How do People Feel After Talking With You
    2025/04/17

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    Do you remember how you felt after your last interaction with another person, either on the phone or face to face?

    That person; it could have been a customer, a colleague, a salesperson, a friend or even a member of your family.

    Did they make you feel good, uplifted and more positive?

    Did they leave you feeling neutral?

    Or did they make you feel down and more negative?

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    2 分
  • Get Someone Else to do Your Work
    2025/04/14

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    They say that the farther up the management tree you go in any organisation, the less bits of paper you’ll find on a manager’s desk. The guys at the bottom of the tree are buried in the stuff and the manager has a nice clear desk.

    As a manager you need to ensure that you’re not doing any tasks that you don’t really need to.

    There’s one saying that many managers should pay some attention to – ‘Only do it if only you can do it.’

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    3 分
  • Narration audition for new audiobook
    2025/04/12

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    Martin Luther's early life set the stage for the radical transformation that would later reshape Christianity. Born into a world of religious and political turbulence, he grew up under the influence of strict parental discipline and an educational system steeped in medieval Catholic theology. His decision to enter monastic life was driven by a desperate search for spiritual security, yet his experiences as a monk only deepened his inner turmoil.

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    3 分
  • How to Say ‘No’ and Still Be Friends
    2025/04/10

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    When someone asks you to do something, sometimes the answer is ‘No’.

    Of course, it’s how you say ‘No’ that matters.

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    4 分
  • Great Communicators are Great Kissers
    2025/04/09

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    Have you ever listened to a speech or a presentation and wondered what on earth the person was talking about? Or even read something and again ask yourself what it all means?

    It can sometimes have the effect of making you feel extremely stupid, or is that just me?

    In any communication it’s important to use every day words, small sentences and small paragraphs, if writing. And avoid the use of acronyms, buzz words and jargon.

    It’s not about treating the other person like an idiot, it’s being absolutely sure that they know what you mean.

    After an initial career as an engineer, Alan moved into sales and management in engineering supplies and the beer industry. He then started his own business in 1992 as a Motivational Speaker and Author, helping clients worldwide grow their businesses through seminars and workshops in sales, leadership, and staff motivation. He has been working as a Voiceover Artist and Narrator since 2021.

    In addition to voiceovers, he has written and voiced several audiobooks, most notably How to Manage Difficult People, How to Get More Sales by Motivating Your Team, and How to Make Sales When You Don't Like Selling. A Scottish Speaker in California, Holy Water, The Viewpoint Murders, The Celebrant, and Running the Race: Eric Liddell – Olympic Champion and Missionary.
    You can contact him through all the social media sites or directly at voiceovers@alanfairweather.com

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    3 分