The Thank You Economy
Gary Vaynerchuck’s favourite, yet lowest selling, of his 3 (now 4) books. What is ‘The Thank You Economy’? It’s ‘the humanisation of marketing’. It’s ‘manner’s marketing’. (Both alternate titles). Gary uses this book to explain just why businesses need to pay attention to social media. Not just to promote…
WhatNext? Conference 2016
Last Saturday I attended Manchester Entrepreneur’s annual WhatNext? Conference. A day full of guest speakers, workshops and networking (of course followed by a night out in Manchester). You could probably find a different event to go to every weekend if you really wanted to. But would it be worth…
Finding Flow
State of Flow – Being fully immersed in a specific task with a seemingly inexhaustible amount of focus. In his book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi explores the phenomenon that is ‘flow’ and how it can be found in day to day life. The book…
UPDATE – Wake Up!
Something a little different this week. I wanted to write an update post on last week’s post – Wake Up! Why? Well, because a lot of things came out of it – ideas, suggestions and results. First – Some honesty In the post last week, I spoke about the…
Wake Up!
I love sleep. I also enjoy waking up, as it’s the start of a new day. However, I struggle to wake up. I set an alarm, it wakes me up. A few weeks later, I find myself sleeping through the alarm noise. Sometimes, I’m not deciding to lie in,…
Why Go to University?
Build up debt for a degree that doesn’t even guarantee you a job? Is University worth it? Are you better off going straight into work or an apprenticeship? In my opinion, it’s hard to know if the degree alone is worth the money. However, University as a whole is…
Is Social Media Making us Anti-Social?
Social Media ninja Gary Vaynerchuck says no… Well of course he would. Social Media is the blood of his business and his personal brand. But I think he honestly believes it, and I agree with him. Let’s first define Anti-Social – google brings up two definitions… contrary to the…
What is your Release?
Hard work is the key to success right? If you want to succeed, you need to maximise your time and work as hard as you can. Work, eat, sleep, repeat. Not only is that ridiculously hard, it’s probably really unhealthy. The first reason people have as to why this…
Can Passion Get in the Way?
Passion is a word that has come up in a number of conversations I’ve had recently. Referred to by some of my friends as the ‘p-word’. It has surprised me how many people detest the word, how many people think it’s over used and how many people think it…
Imagine Going to University in North Korea
Imagine going to University and having no access to the internet. Imagine not being allowed to have a mobile phone. Imagine not being allowed to leave the campus. Imagine eating the same food day in day out and following the same routine every hour of every day. Imagine doing…