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Writing since 2010, I explore and share ideas around personal growth, creativity, design, branding, business, strategy and technology.
Do your best, whatever that is
There's a wonderful short book, 'The Four Agreements' by Don Miguel Ruiz that outlays a very congruent way of living within its pages. In it, he puts forward 4 key habits or ways of being that allow us to live happier and fuller lives. There is the first - Be...
Replace fear with curiosity
So, a couple of weeks ago, I was thinking about fear. I was triggered by the sort of conversation that forces you to confront things you'd rather not think about. And I started to mull over the feelings that rise up every time I take a step forward, every time I try...
Nothing is real, and that is okay
Across many of Robert Greene's books, there a reoccurring theme - to be effective in life, you have to learn to see the world as it is, not as you wish it to be. Obviously this is easier said than done. It takes practice to develop and master this skill. We are...
Digging deeper into The 10X Rule
In the previous post, I talked about why it is a great idea to read certain books over and over again. Especially the books that profoundly impact your thinking and views on the world...your quake books. I even shared 10 such books that have changed my life to my...
In praise of reading books again and again
I love books, but I have a wierd relationship with them. Sometimes I read books properly and sequentially, from start to finish. Half the time however, I read books in bits and pieces, often preferring to read multiple books at the same time, a page here, a paragraph...
The story you tell about yourself is the life you eventually get
The other day, I was listening to a Benjamin Hardy webinar, and he said something that really stuck with me since. He outlined a couple of things that influence the trajectory and quality of your life - things like your body, your brain, your environment. But there...
The importance of executing on your ideas
We all know that person. The one full of hot air. The one that talks a whole lot but never executes. They can regale you of tales of their ideas and plans. But nothing ever comes of them. You will most likely find them in the same place in a decade. Still talking...
Put yourself in the position to succeed
Exploring virtuous and vicious cycles Life is marked by cycles. We have day and night chasing each other in perpetuity. We have our Earth revolving around the sun year after year. Our days are marked with the seasons of summer, autumn, winter and spring. A lot of our...
Pay in pain, pay upfront
It is a general principle of life that for all things, there are two sides of the same coin - pleasure and pain. Everything is a delicate dance between these two extremes, good and bad, pleasure and pain, light and dark. And even each extreme contains the seed of its...
3 states of being you must master to win
Or what the Holy Trinity and The E-myth can teach us about being successful A few weeks ago while giving a personal update on my content and blog, I briefly alluded to Michael E Gerber's book 'The E-myth', and how it closely mirrors elements of the personal...
