Blue Pill or Red Pill?
Who as a kid or parent hasn’t heard that they or their progeny should be working on their weaknesses? This superficially well-meaning statement stems from quite a manipulative place. During …
Lessons from the Bushmen
Aligning my business with some of these principles has helped me to lock down a ‘true North’. Here are a few of the things I uncovered when I drilled down into my set up.
Quit the pity party and take responsibility
I make no apologies for drawing my inspiration for this blog from “Rocky Balboa”. Specifically, the motivational speech he gives his son and the key takeaway of “It’s about how …
Emergency Go-Bag for Self-Isolation
There are still many unanswered questions about what we should be doing amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. So while I wait to hear on the latest strategies to ‘flatten the …
Revisiting New Rules for the New Economy
Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of Wired magazine, first published “10 Rules for the New Economy” in November 2012. Despite being nearly a decade since he wrote it, his observations are …
Beating entrepreneurial loneliness – what I have learned so far
This is a guest post from a great contact, Bruce Brooker (bruce@brucebrooker.com). The short piece alludes to the highs, lows, freedoms & restrictions of being ‘captain of your ship’. I …
Here’s to Fear…
When you ask a child “what do you want to be when you grow up?” You’re going to get answers like an astronaut, princess or train driver. Children don’t think …