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June 23, 2015
The myth of the Government’s money
There is a huge lie at the centre of British politics. We are all being deceived by politicians only telling us half of the truth. To be fair to politicians, they are not the only ones carrying out this deception. We, the public, are also a part of it. We are deceiving ourselves. And it’s…
June 20, 2015
The three secrets of motivation
One day I’ll get motivated, but for today I can’t be bothered… I’ve been thinking about motivation. I’ve noticed something a little bit strange. That is “strange” as in “strange and useful”, not “strange” as in “strange and weird – I’ll post it youtube.” When we think of motivation, we think of the big thing…
June 15, 2015
The problem with girls is…
Nobel Laureate Sir Tim Hunt has been forced to resign from his post at University College London for saying this: “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them…
June 13, 2015
Already know you that which you need
There have been a few conversations recently about success and motivation. How do we motivate ourselves to succeed? What do we do when something doesn’t go the way we expected? There’s a bit of a car crash happening at the moment in Goodreads: http://archive.is/rFgtE To cut a long story short, this is yet another example of…
June 10, 2015
The miracle of marketing
The free period for Global Domination has now finished, and the results are fascinating. If you are a self-published author, you need to read this. Trust me. You do. I am no marketing expert. I am making this stuff up as I go. So when I gave the book away for free for five days,…
June 4, 2015
Global Domination for Beginners … for free
Global Domination for Beginners is now 100% free on Amazon until Monday 8 June. The UK version is here And the US is here
May 31, 2015
Please don’t buy my book
No, I mean it. Really I do. I don’t want you to buy “Global Domination for Beginners”. At least, not until the 8th of June. You see, I am going to be giving the book away for free between Thursday 4 June and Monday 8 June. All you need to do is to wander over to…
May 30, 2015
Have you discovered Pomodoro yet?
The Pomodoro technique, to be precise. It might sound like some exotic form of bedroom Olympics or something that a chef might do. Tonight I am pan frying a fillet of beef with a pomodoro ragout on a bed of … It is actually a time management technique. No, no, don’t switch off. I…
May 25, 2015
Be kind
The big sporting news of the weekend has to be Lewis Hamilton’s third place finish in the Monaco Grand Prix. Lewis was winning the race by the proverbial mile when someone in his pit crew made a mistake. They brought him in for a change of tyres at the wrong moment, and it dropped…
May 22, 2015
The riddle of Taylor Swift
I have just discovered Taylor Swift. That might sound a strange thing to say, because she has been massively successful for several years. And it is a little bit ucky for a fifty year old bloke to express an interest in a twenty five year old chanteuse. The two things are linked. There comes a…
