Fun Risks
It is often said that if you want to progress, you need to step outside your comfort zone. This picture look familiar? Often, this is true. You need to stretch yourself and face new challenges. But it doesn’t have to be to an extreme – risks can be fun!…
Is Technology Invading Our Privacy?
This week I finished The Circle by Dave Eggers. In the book, The Circle is the world’s largest technology company, it has the best online services and the lead when it comes to hardware. It is viewed as the best place to work as you get access to exclusive…
How to Land a Blue Marlin
This week I was taught how to fish using Nando’s as bait…… no, I’m being serious! Last week I attended the Chasing ED conference at Campus London. This was the first conference I had attended outside of university and it didn’t disappoint! Besides being in Google’s awesome office space…
TESTS – Do Them!
Assumptions can be dangerous. They are good to create, but not good to follow! Assumptions aren’t fact, they are theories you’ve created and no matter how much you think you’re right, you can’t prove it…. Well not yet! I’ve just finished reading The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. This…
#TheMoment – the speed of social media
Around 30% of the world’s population are active social media users. That equates to approximately 2.078 billion users!! On average 500 million tweets are sent per day. The average shelf-life of a tweet is only 2.8 hours! With all this activity how can businesses be heard?! Success on twitter…
How important are good grades?
Yesterday I received my final grade for my first year at university. I am very happy with the grade as it is what I had aimed for at the start of the year. I put in the work needed and it paid off. I feel like the work has…
The Missed Networking Opportunity
The opinion or voice of others can be extremely valuable. Whether advice is needed or just for confirmation that you are doing the right things. Often people will reach out to those they respect, seeking a mentor. It is also common for people to connect with those they believe…
What My First Year At University Has Taught Me
This week marks the end of my first year at university, and I will admit I am sad that soon I will no longer be a first year! I couldn’t have asked for a better introduction into university life. I have chosen the above picture as it sums up…
How conversation creates remarkable change
Last month I was able to attend my first TEDx event – TEDxLancasterU When I first sat down to see that I had 14 talks and performances ahead of me I did start to think I was in for a long night. However, by the end I was pleading…
Why People Don’t Understand You
Now, you’re probably wondering why a blog titled “Why People Don’t Understand You” has a picture of Stephen Hawking. Well, this post was actually inspired by his book “A Brief History of Time”. In this book Stephen Hawking talks about some of the most complicated theories known to mankind,…