In the latest episode of my podcast I talk about the unexpected peripheral benefits of self-employment. https://soundcloud.com/troy-francis-281709461/if-you-want-lots-of-sex-dont-have-a-9-5-job If you want to learn exactly how I broke free from the ‘matrix’ into the renegade playboy life then my new course Personal Brand Mastery takes you through the entire process in intricate detail. There are over 8 …
Whenever you see an article about how to be a better writer, you know it’s going to tell you two things—to read more and to write more. Well, I’m going to tell you exactly the same two things here. Not because I’m a lazy bastard (although I am, of course), but because it’s true. There …
I am not very good with emotions, and as I get older I can’t see that improving. The tricky thing about life is that it means interacting with other human beings—our parents, our siblings, our extended family, friends, lovers, spouses and so on. All of which is a bit of a fucker, quite frankly. Underneath my renegade …
A real camera with film and everything is not something you see very frequently these days. Everyone takes pictures with their phones, don’t they? Or with DSLRs. But at the festival they were selling real cameras at the stall where they sold face paints, ponchos to protect against the inevitable English rain, blankets to set …
I never expected it, but a central issue that I’m now facing in my career is working out exactly who and what I want to be. That may sound esoteric, and a first-world problem, and it really is. Nevertheless, if you build a personal brand business like I have then it is one that perhaps …
This morning a long-time reader LondonGuy left an excellent comment on a previous article. I hope he won’t mind me quoting it in full here. (He is, of course, referring to my new online course Personal Brand Mastery) — Your course looks interesting but to be completely honest I have some reservations. This industry is …
For the renegade playboy, life and business are one. Well, how could it be any other way? The renegade playboy is nothing if not narcissistic. He is nothing if not obsessed with himself and with his image. That may sound mercenary, or egotistical. Maybe it is. But it remains, nevertheless, the key reason why he …
Look, let’s not mess around. I know you are busy, and so am I. Of course we are. We are busy because the world we live in has become increasingly demanding, stressful and just so damn expensive, hasn’t it? Sometimes we look back about how things ‘used to be’ when we were at school or college. …
The renegade playboy deliberately untangles himself from societally-approved structures and build his own instead. In this way he ensures that he is less vulnerable to external shocks like a recession. Why? Because the renegade playboy is at root a sensualist. In other words, he is here to have a good time. And he doesn’t want to let …
I went to see the first Pinter at the Pinter performance tonight. To explain—Harold Pinter (1930 – 2008) was one of the most influential British dramatists of all time. His most famous long-form plays include The Birthday Party, The Caretaker and The Homecoming. Right now, the Harold Pinter theatre in London (just down the road from …
