I once read a Medium article that changed my perspective on entertainment. Stop consuming and start creating. Its quite counter intuitive for me, I guess it reduces my audience but hey, stop consuming and start doing. My year long challenge hit a point today. My objective is to write an article everyday for 365 days.... Continue Reading →
Help Your Future Self, Delete Your Social Media Accounts Now
You might have caught my last article about 'Can social media actually stop you getting a job?' or seen Phil Neville in the news. But when headlines read; New England Women's boss Phil Neville deletes Twitter account over 'sexist' tweets Maybe we should all think about what we are putting online... Phil Neville has just... Continue Reading →
Why You Should Care About This Facebook Algorithm Change
Something that has been floating around the media for quite some time, is the involvement of so called 'fake news' or Facebook's inability to control unregulated news sites on its platform. It has been announced that Mark Zuckerberg will look to implement a change in algorithm to survey users on whether they think news sites... Continue Reading →
Amazon & Nissan’s Ability To Get Free PR
Imagine being able to have your name blasted on every news channel in the country, for free? And not for a bad reason either, Amazon has just hit the PR Jackpot, similar to Nissan with Brexit. What the hell am I talking about? Social Media has gone crazy over the news of Amazon's 2nd headquarters... Continue Reading →
The Actions Of One Employee Can Topple An Organisation
You might of caught the news today, where it has been reported that Armed Police in the UK 🇬🇧 have removed a British Airways (BA) Pilot just before take off over fears he was drunk. Colleagues raised concerns after smelling alcohol within the cockpit and raised concerns to Police. Now I wouldn't want to be... Continue Reading →
What we can all learn from Obama’s Speechwriter
Jon Favreau was 28 when he started to help Barack Obama on his speeches. Hes role? Director of Speech writing. After he joined Senator John Kerry's 2004 Presidential campaign and soon after graduating from college. John Favreau was recommended by Communications aide Robert Gibbs to Obama as an excellent writer and soon became Obama's chief... Continue Reading →
Can Social Media Actually Stop You Getting A Job?
In the UK, and the sector I work in, Higher Education, Toby Young has resigned before even starting because of tweets years before. It begs the question that can Social Media actually stop you getting a job in the future? luckily I don't tweet "that" much and quickly scrolled through my own tweets to see... Continue Reading →
Why The Phone ‘Timer’ Will Change Your Life
This small little function on your phone will actually make you a more productive person. The concept is incredibly simple and straightforward however you do not want to dismiss it as being too simplistic, it actually works. If you read anything about your development or are just trying to develop yourself, you might have heard... Continue Reading →
Sober for 6 months what do I feel?
Just to make clear, it wasn't due to addiction that I embarked on this journey of sobriety, but a true hatred of the next day hangover. My hangovers felt like they latest days and I hated not being at my best and most efficient however stupid that sounds. Kicking the booze was not as easy... Continue Reading →