Figure It Out
It’s Sunday evening, I’m relaxing at home and I have a decision to make that’s testing my patience: Is the comment that’s just arrived on this very blog genuine or a load of old spam? What are the signs that it might be rubbish?...Fame
There’s a great book by Seth Godin called Purple Cow. It’s about being remarkable and how we should aim for this in business because being boring doesn’t get you noticed, you’re left blended into the crowd. Vanilla rather than Marmite. Take...Killing in the Name
When Amazon started, 25 years ago, Jeff Bezos made his intentions clear in six letters: Amazon’s name. He didn’t call it book.com (assuming that domain name was still available at the time) or similar. Instead, he chose the name of the world’s...Not Forgotten
Yesterday I wrote about how contingency planning can help to avoid sticky situations. What I forgot to add was a word about scheduling simple tasks that technology can do for you. So when I’m approaching a trip away, and I want these blog posts to continue to go...Sticky Situation
When going on holiday or travelling for work, freelancing for a living requires a bit of extra planning. There are the normal scheduled tasks to think of and accommodate while you’re away, as well as unexpected, urgent requests from clients that always come up....PP on LinkedIn
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