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Always Be a Beginner
On Saturday, I went to my first creative writing workshop. I walked in fairly confident. I've published two books, (non-fiction) and I write daily. I...
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On Saturday, I went to my first creative writing workshop. I walked in fairly confident. I've published two books, (non-fiction) and I write daily. I...
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I was listening to the radio this morning when a soundbite caught my attention - a business expert talking about "intangible assets." I've been using...
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How much easier would driving be, without all the other cars on the road? How much more enjoyable would going to the supermarket be, without all the...
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What are you tangled up in knots about right now? I bet you've got a decision weighing on you. Whether it's a job offer, a location change, a...
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The company you keep matters. When you're surrounded by smokers, you're more likely to be a smoker. When your friends are successful at work, you're...
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Nobody knows what they're doing. Literally nobody. We're all winging it. We're digging through mental filing cabinets and muscle memory, every time...
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Welcome to another Wednesday Wisdom. Every week, I share with you what I'm thinking about life, work, and leadership. This week we're talking about...
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It’s a worrying time to be in charge. How can you be a successful leader when you're worried about the future? We live in a time of unprecedented...
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I'm kind of intense, once I get *into* something. This time last year, I got into houseplants. It started with 6, and just a few weeks later, I had...
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We caught up on some of our Google analytics last week, and there was a surprising nugget in there. One of the most common search terms that brought...
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Want to become a CEO but can’t keep up with your current workload, much less anything else? Wondering how they do it, how you can get there, and how...
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I always have my best ideas on a plane. It's not great in lockdown, I'll admit, but there's something about putting myself in a different situation...
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I really like making and discovering new things. It's a bit of a problem, because as soon as I've made something, I'm bored with it and looking for...
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“Words create worlds” - JONATHAN FRANZEN Two years ago, I conducted a personal experiment after reading James Clear's Atomic Habits. To be more...
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Welcome to another Wednesday Wisdom, Friend. Every week, I share with you what I'm thinking about life, work, and leadership. This week we're talking...
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GET YOUR FREE PLAY THE LONG GAME PACK Get perspective It feels like our experiences are factual, because they’re tangible. If you can see, smell,...
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The world of work is different As the nature of work changes, new technology is introduced, and social norms evolve, we need different skills from...
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You know that saying that courage isn't an absence of fear, it's feeling fear and doing it anyway? I had a dose of that this week. I had a couple of...
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FREE GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER WORKBOOK One of the nicest things about lockdown was the feeling that you could relax a little. Be yourself. Let a few...
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I'm not always a very kind person. Not because I'm not good or generous, or because I don't care about others, but because my natural style is pretty...
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When I receive grateful emails and messages from readers and fans, I sometimes feel uneasy. I received one such email last week, which went as far as...
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Feeling like sh*t, or 'FLS' is one of the most common elements of the human experience. I dare you to find someone who’s got through a week without...
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In late 2019, I interviewed a Mayor on stage at a conference in Australia. His Council had pulled off some seriously impressive work that they were...