• Own What You Care About

  09 Aug 2016 If you’re anything like me you have a lot of stuff, accumulated bit by bit over the years. A wardrobe of clothes you rarely wear, shelves full of books, racks of CDs, DVDs and games plus all sorts of other paraphernalia. I...

• Priorities and Progress

  29 Jul 2016 I’ve resolved myself to keep a weekly publishing schedule but this week I’ve been using my scheduled morning writing time to prioritise working on and launching an email course at work. Last night I didn’t think I would reach my target for...

• Can’t

  22 Jul 2016 Have you seen the brilliant “We’re the superhumans” trailer on Channel 4 for the upcoming Paralympics? I dare you not to be moved. It’s inspiring and uplifting to see the lengths that people go to, to overcome and achieve something. The title...

• How I use Alfred to turbo-charge my daily work

  15 Jul 2016 If you’ve used OS X on a mac then you’ve probably used a feature called Spotlight, a built-in function which helps you find and open applications and files on your computer. In recent releases it’s gotten smarter by getting results from more...

• DYFConf EU Retrospective

  09 Jul 2016 The website for the European Double Your Freelancing Conference guaranteed that I’ll leave rejuvenated with a list of actionable takeaways that can be applied immediately to my business but did it really live up to that billing? An amazing venue It was...

• Self Care

  11 May 2016 You’re probably familiar with the oxygen mask routine on aeroplanes. The flight attendants make it clear that parents should always put on their own mask first before helping their children. Why do they do this? If there’s a sudden loss of pressure,...

• 30DWC Retrospective

  02 May 2016 Now that 30DWC is over, I thought I would reflect and see what I could take away from the experience and apply in the future. What went well My goal at the beginning of 30DWC was to produce at least one post...

• Gratitude

  30 Apr 2016 Take a few moments to stop and think how you’re feeling right now. Are you stressed, anxious, depressed? Maybe you’re envious, angry or just ambivalent? I’m willing to bet that the one emotion you’re not feeling is happy. Why is that? I...

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