Daniel Smith

The more you practise the skill, the more natural it will become.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.

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Winstons father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was himself a major public figure

back in England, Marlborough set about building the magnificent family home that

tipped as a prime minister-in-waiting by the

To keep your balance you must keep moving.’

Just as he could express enormous empathy for humanity at large, he could treat those closest to him with breathtaking disdain that at times bordered on the cruel.

Once, when asked to explain relativity in a sentence, he replied it would take him three days to give a short answer.

One of the great advantages of becoming a really good listener is that it builds bonds of trust with those you are listening to and will encourage them to listen to you in turn.