Part One... This year has been a difficult one, I’m sure you’ve heard that a thousand times before, but I’m a believer difficult times offer the opportunity to learn a lot. Lockdown took away the freedom to keep doing the things we loved, and, seeing the people we loved. Our places that relieved our stresses … Continue reading An Open Letter For Whomever
What Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Teaches About Personal Growth
I managed to watch the latest movie in Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse – Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. When I was younger, I was a massive fan of Kevin Smith’s work. I bought the spin-off comics and even on my first visit to a America, went on a mission scouring stores to find the Clerks … Continue reading What Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Teaches About Personal Growth
Is it Worth Getting a Degree?
Something I wrote several years ago that still gets a lot of attention is the post My big fat worthless degree. It’s lasting popularity, I account to the fact that countless others have gone down this path, to feel cheated. I imagine my words resonated with readers frustrated by their life choices. This is a … Continue reading Is it Worth Getting a Degree?
5 Factors of Self-Guilt and How to Respond
Hi folks, I wanted to follow-up on my post Lessons in Assertiveness: Say What You Want, to share some thoughts about a common situation where assertiveness is important. To start, I want to ask you have you ever experienced these feelings when making a decision in life: Do you feel guilty when you do something … Continue reading 5 Factors of Self-Guilt and How to Respond
Lessons in Assertiveness: Say What You Want
A simple trick I picked up on assertiveness training was the importance to be open and honest with thoughts. You might feel uncomfortable not saying what you want as you perceive, what you will say is not popular with the room. Yet quite often, this is nothing but fear, actually everyone else in the room … Continue reading Lessons in Assertiveness: Say What You Want
The fatherhood / ambition balance
The fatherhood / ambition balance Becoming a dad for the first time is a massive change to our lives. How do you got about balancing fatherhood with ambition? It can be difficult to focus on wider goals with this new person in our lives. In this post, I share my experiences being a … Continue reading The fatherhood / ambition balance
Habits you should adopt
This post was originally posted on April 2014 Additional note: It's interesting to go back through my old posts to see how my writing has changed, reading it can be a bit embarrassing but I guess it shows I have changed and evolved... Life is short, some people choose to waste their free time doing much … Continue reading Habits you should adopt
Unlucky For Some…
I play bingo - no lie. Nearly every Friday for the last six month I go down to the local working men's club and play four rounds of bingo. I haven't won that cash prize once. Logically I struggle to understand why some regulars win it more than others. They are there pretty much every week … Continue reading Unlucky For Some…
Manifesto of Perfection: 5 Essential Self-Improvement Posts
I have run the Manifesto of Perfection for over a year. During that period I have spent a lot of time talking about Self-Improvement. For my goal setting month I have picked out my five favourite posts. You're never too old to learn new things When I finished school I did not know where to … Continue reading Manifesto of Perfection: 5 Essential Self-Improvement Posts
My angry year
"You're a person who loses their temper easily..." When a boss said that to me, I thought that was not like me at all. I am pretty well laid back and from that statement I realised they did not know me at all. Ironically I left the room in an angry state, then again they … Continue reading My angry year
You’re never too old to learn new things
Recently someone I worked with left. He is 65 and I assumed he was retiring. Perhaps spending his time going on holidays or filling out the newspaper crossword. But as it turns out he isn't. He is taking up consultancy work and in September he is undertaking a short course at University that will give … Continue reading You’re never too old to learn new things
5 Habits To Adopt
Life is short, some people choose to waste their free time doing much of nothing, others spend free time on interesting hobbies, improving themselves and developing skills that they can use later in life. Here are the five habits you should be doing. Reading I am someone who has never been an avid reader, usually … Continue reading 5 Habits To Adopt
Perfect Manifesto 