Your personal brand online is built one piece of content at a time. It’s a simple lesson, but it’s not necessarily intuitive if you’re new to online business. All my life, I wanted to work for myself. All my life I wanted to not have a boss, to not have to go into an office. All …
It’s coming . . . soon
The robots are coming for your job. It might sound like I’m quoting a line from a science fiction movie but it’s true. Even though new OECD research that indicates fewer jobs may go than previously thought, 66 million are still at risk from computerisation across 32 countries. And what’s worse, the majority of those who stay in …
Fame is obligatory – Hank Norman That quote is the most important thing on Twitter right now. Fame is obligatory. There is no other game in town. Why? Because fame means that you’re known. People have a perception of you, a sense of what you’re like. Maybe they feel like you’re a friend, even if they’ve …
This is an extract from my forthcoming new book 10X Happiness, Zero Bullshit. More information on the book coming very soon…. ****** Things got pretty shaky there for a while. I went out to the phone box—this was before cell phones—and tried to call her. It kept ringing but no answer. Time and time …
In case you missed it, I put out a brief playlist for June last week featuring a few light, summery dance tunes I’ve heard out and about recently. This is largely the contents of my Shazam account from the last week or so. I suspect most of these tunes were played in Sunset Strip, with the …
Conspiracy theory is not really a topic I want to delve into deeply on this site, since it’s somewhat negative and just not what I’m about. Nevertheless, a lot of the men’s ‘self-development’ space is currently dominated by a vocal minority of people who buy into conspiratorial narratives. For that reason I want to share …
Like a lot of people, I am addicted to coffee. I know this because my relationship to it is not solely defined by how it tastes and the effect it has. There is also a ritualistic aspect to my coffee consumption too. Coffee is the one ‘vice’ that I let myself off the hook about. …
If you’ve been following my stuff for a while you’ll know that I’m currently living in Soho, the area that was formerly London’s red light district. Latterly the scourge of gentrification has fallen heavily. However, the district is still pretty ‘colourful’, particularly at night. To being it to life for you, I took out the …
I’ve lived in Central London for nearly six months now. It’s a childhood dream, since I’ve always loved this city, and previously I’ve only lodged in outlying areas. Right now, when I go downstairs and open the front door I walk straight out onto Shaftesbury Avenue, slap bang in the middle of the West End and …
