Session Strategist Gifts

'Your ego seems to be your primary problem.'

"Mr Frimley will see you now."

'How about a game of cards?'

'Okay...3.5 billion in stock, 2.5 billion in cash, 80 million in deferred compensation, my own private jet, a luxury car lease for the next ten years, 3 club memberships and...

"Well the good news is that we did save a little money by not investing in cyber crime protection...."

Talk shows are great. Listen shows are even better.

"Welcome back to the We Were Bored and Had Nothing Else To Do podcast."

'To address this mistake we must use root-cause analysis. I'll begin by saying it's not my fault.'

'You'll learn that our corporate structure is a bit unconventional.'

"Dammit, Higgins, we don't need simple explanations, we need complicated excuses!"

'We'll also need to do a credit/blame analysis.'

'Jones, somewhere out there, we've lost our common sense. I want you to go and bring it back.'

'So far we're holding off overseas competition.'

"Do we want to tackle this head on, or just stun it with a glancing blow until Monday?"

"I like to stay on top of things."

"And what my plan may lack in coherence, it makes up for in the exhilerating momentum created by all of these super-cool arrows!"

'I don't get it... Our business model was exactly the same.'

'I can't believe it! This is when I sent out a company memo advocating a win-win philosophy.'

"It's a dog-eat-dog economy. And I'm the Doberman."

The Atomium Bombs

'Now that we all agree on the agenda, a show of hands on how many want to keep it hidden.'

'It just came out. It handles forehands, backhands and overheads all in one motion.'

Artist and the artist's model both thinking of the money.

'You got much on at the moment?'; 'No, nothing really.' (Naked man)

I'm afraid your hour is up, Al� I'm resume talking you down next week at the usual time.

'I know.. Let's write a song all about the evils of material wealth. After all, that last one netted us a bloody fortune!'

Today's alpha-lesson is called "Always Jujutsu the Suspense." If someone says "I've got a great idea" and then pauses to create suspense, that's a power-move. They want you to beg them to continue. The alpha counter-move in this case is simple. Use the suspense-monger's suspense against them: say absolutely nothing.* *This move should never, ever be applied in the boudoir.

'You can get into enough trouble just in Geneva -- no way you're going to a summit conference in LAS VEGAS!'

This stuff fixes things at home, why not here?

The Muscle in Brussels

"Someday all these anonymous accounts will belong to shell companies of which you will deny all knowledge."

"And you sign here..here...and here.."

I'm sorry - could you run that past me again?

'I'll take this one.'

'Nobody believes a word I say!' 'Oh, come now!'