What’s in my bag (2018 edition)
What I carry in my everyday bag.
What I carry in my everyday bag.
A curated list of my favourite books from 2017.
What went well and what went badly in 2017 and things I’m thinking about for 2018.
Many of us have an allergic reaction to goal setting. We’ve set goals before and not stuck to them, so why bother this time? If a person doesn’t have a goal, they can’t fail. That’s…
David Sparks on why he prefers to use RSS: The reason I’ve stuck with RSS is the way in which I work. Twitter is the social network that I participate in most and yet sometimes…
Seth Godin, author and blogger, just published his 7000th post. Every day, Seth writes and publishes to his blog. And his secret? The secret to writing a daily blog is to write every day. And…
The following is a transcription of a talk I gave at Staffs Web Meetup in October, 2017. I share some of the lessons I’ve learnt during the first 3 years of running my business. You…
Charles Roper wrote a great piece called Kaizen in which he talks about breaking down big things into small steps: In taking tiny steps, we become accustomed to the change. We get used to it little by…
This is the second post in a mini series I’m doing on how I use Todoist. The first was about how I stay focused using a custom start page. Here are the filters I currently…
For the past few months, Todoist has been my task manager of choice. I’ve invested a lot of time in tweaking it to find a setup I’m happy with. This is the first post in a…
There’s just a few days left before the 30 Day Writing Challenge begins which means there’s still time to sign up. Perhaps you have a blog that’s gathering dust or there’s a book you’ve been…
Yuval Harari, author of the fantastic book Sapiens (which I’ve started and still need to finish), was a recent guest on The James Altucher Show. Go listen, it’s a great interview. One of my favourite parts…
In episode 44 of Cortex, Myke and Grey discussed time tracking. I have a love/hate relationship with time tracking. As an employee, I hated it. It made no sense to track 7.5 hours per day (because…
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of AirPods since they were announced in September last year. Mine finally arrived after ordering in late December. Here are my initial thoughts after just over a days use:…
You’ve probably already heard about mastermind groups and how great they are. I know I kept hearing about them. So, last year, I started a mastermind group to find out what it was all about. And…
As the year draws to a close, I like to look back at what was and looking forward to what might be. This is my second year in review post, the first being last year.…
As I sit here, tapping away on my keyboard, I feel like a fraud. A charlatan. An imposter. I feel like what I’ve been through isn’t that bad. Like what I’m about to say is…
Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like An Artist, recently wrote a great post called Seasons. He describes how Corita Kent, an artist who lived in Boston, would sit and observe a maple tree in her garden…
Phew. 30 blog posts in as many days. There were a few close calls; days when I thought I’d slip up. But I’m glad I persevered. 30DWC has been incredibly rewarding, in no small part because…
This is my second filler post during 30DWC. I was on deadline today, so any time for writing went out the window. It’s now 7.30pm, the project has gone to the client for review, and…