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Three thoughts on April 14.
I probably could have had a better, more clicky title. Can the crowd save the world? My wife and I had a BBQ today. It started out as my idea and it worked beautifully, the end, it was ‘our’ BBQ – everyone who attended. At one point there were going to be 50 people coming […]
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10 Days into #LinkyBrains and this is what it's about for me.
10 mad days It has been the maddest 10 days of my life and I’ve had plenty mad. Time to reflect on this LinkyBrain thing – taking in all the feedback that’s rolling in from chats, blog posts and spontaneous conversations and I’d like to share them. Here are my reflections, 10 days in. LinkyBrains […]
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I have a confession. I'm a #Linkybrain
The world became much less lonely for me two weeks ago. I was quietly minding my own business, doing what I always do – dream and deliver. Then I read something that connected with feelings I had buried deep and lost the key to. Then I read another and another – until it was clear. […]
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No one is unstoppable forever.
Looking at the current landscape of tech giants, from Facebook to Google, from Stripe to Intel, it is almost impossible to imagine they can ever be out-spent or out-competed.- Whilst they might seem unstoppable – with the sheer brain power they employ and the almost bottomless stash of cash they command, it is reassuring that every […]
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March's 30 Day Challenge: 2 minutes of high knees + 3 minutes of push ups!
5 Minutes seems the right amount of time To get to a very nice sweat – with the right exercises of course. The 30 Day Plank Challenge was phenomenal! My back, legs and core feel so much more reliable. I think that they are so effective that I will keep doing them every other day, […]
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My 15 Year List of Ideas is a Ready Made Company Selector
For the last 15 years I’ve maintained a list of ideas to build – things that both excite me and improve the world. I’ve kept it pruned, adding new ideas, removing those that no longer seem viable and adding more details of the idea over time to those that still do. It turns out this […]
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My first week of Helpful Conversations
Last week I started having Office Hours to have conversations with anyone who wanted the benefit of my experience in startups, tech and a few other things from my 25+ years in the software space. Using the awesome ‘Booked’ wordpress plugin – which I had acquired for another idea that I was launching last year […]
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I'm Delighted By: Fitness Blender
In my previous life as an agile coach, I travelled a lot and stayed in hotels, airbnbs and other accommodation. Most didn’t have gyms and, to be honest, I’m not really a gym person. Now anyone who knows consulting, knows you eat out almost exclusively whilst on the road and anyone who knows me, knows I […]
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30 Day Challenge: 5 minutes of planks everyday!
Challenge Yourself! I decided at the end of January that it would be a good idea to force a habit of exercise and do something every day that is both hard and beneficial. So, the 30 day challenge was born – technically it runs for calendar months not strictly 30 days, but it still works. […]
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Why I don't cheat.
A tale of 2 exam papers Twenty seven years ago, in a small but important town in southern Nigeria, two teenage boys – bored with revising for their GCSEs – succumbed to the temptation of ‘guaranteeing the outcome’ of their Chemistry exam. As with any situation with demand, supply always rises to meet it. As […]