This article is a simple reminder about the artificial and arbitrary deadlines we all set ourselves as business leaders and founders. This musing came about following a regular catch up with one of my clients. This client had – it’s fair to say – had an absolute belter of a year
This week, one of my lead articles got pushed back a week and was replaced by this piece. A gentle but important reminder that you should take a moment to take the foot off the pedal when your energy is low. For the last week or so, I’ve been undertaking
Before anyone hunts me down or goes all keyboard warrior, I’m caveating this video and article by saying that I’m not anti-remote working, in fact I’d say that flexibility is one of the greatest things to come out of the pandemic. Nevertheless, I’m having regular feedback from clients and friends
An incredible little insight from David Hieatt. The takeaways as I see them… 1.) Tell the truth, not what you want people to hear 2.) Some things take time (lots of things, actually.) — An acorn visits a growth hacker. It went seeking a quick win. The initial consultation seemed
People don’t argue with rules. Decisions are hard and there’s a reason people do things to limit the decisions they make each day. They wear the same clothes, have the same thing for breakfast, drink the same type of coffee, and so on. After a long day of work, making
If TikTok were a person, they would almost certainly be the individual who spent too much time in the headmaster’s office being reprimanded. The ads, the underage users, the content, the privacy breaches, the cyber cruelty and the possible Chinese spying… it’s fair to say that the ByteDance-owned app has
There’s not a lot I don’t love about this article by Oliver Burkeman. A few spoilers (but please read the full article, it’s worthy of serious consideration): Give up demanding more of yourself than three or four hours of daily high-quality mental work Do not ‘maximise your time’ or ‘optimise
I loved this cracking little idea to encourage founders to think about their business each day. Taken from the book ‘The Road Less Stupid‘, I came across it via an email from David Hieatt, Co founder of ‘Do Lectures’ and Hiut Denim (I’m a big fan of both). Why prioritise ‘thinking’
The Guy in the Glass by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934 When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, And the world makes you King for a day, Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, And see what that guy has to say. For it isn’t
So many books, so little time. So how should you choose your next tome? Well according to this little article from Huffpost, you should pass on the easy ‘holiday’ reads and head straight for the ones which challenge you. I’m talking those big idea books, or those books that delve
