When I was in a full-time job I spent most of the time feeling exhausted. Being based in an open plan office with a jam-packed diary ensured that I spent little time alone. Instead I often found myself surrounded by noise, chatter and around 50 telephones that were...
Productivity can have a high cost In the past, productivity was largely about driving efficiency, minimising wastage and lowering costs. Even in the age of automation and digitalisation, the emphasis has been on refining processes, systemising work and making things...
A friend’s post on Facebook this week: ‘Ahrrrghhhh why did i take this project on? Why, why WHYYYYYY Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr note to self, must re-read the chapter in Grace Marshall’s book about ‘saying no, nicely’ instead of just saying yes all...
“Without bloody-minded determination and persistence you don’t achieve success.” These are the words of Mandy Haberman, the inventor of the Anyway Up cup. And from the interviews that I have conducted recently with successful entrepreneurs, it certainly seems to...
Have you ever had a dream? One that you keep somewhere in the back of your mind as something you’d love to do ‘someday’? Someday is a safe place to hide dreams. Safe from the scrutiny of whether it’s doable, if you have what it takes, whether it would work. Safe from...