Entrepreneurial Endeavours
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Next week marks the 31st edition of my monthly email newsletter which I started
in late 2015.
As you’ve
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
The highs, lows, and lessons from building something from scratch. Stories and insights to help you turn ideas into action—and action into something remarkable.
Portfolio Career
Work labels: word salad and connotations
A couple of weeks ago I had a drink with someone who’s done some great work in
their field.
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Switching to Annual View
Whether we’re coming fresh out of a salaried role or have spent years out on the
road as an
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Positioning: Get Uncomfortably Narrow
A lot of entrepreneurs and freelancers struggle with positioning.
Often it’s ironic as the work many of us do
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Sampling: You don’t know it until you’ve tried it
Why the Hitchhiker’s 3 rules of technology reactions permeate far further
Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide
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Dominant Design
When the car company uses dominant design, they may not even know they’re doing
so.
When they see the
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Freelancer to Entrepreneur: The Forest, The Mountains, and the Water
Imagine a landscape. It has a forest on one side and a mountain range on the
other. The two are
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Going Solo? You’re still in the Rat Race
Many of us strike out as consultants, freelancers, entrepreneurs, or artists to
escape the rat race – to get away from
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Why we need to get rid of ideas
On this week’s episode of his Akimbo podcast, Seth Godin answers a listener
question about focusing – more specifically, how
Battle Scars
Empty Tank
On June 1st 2015 I broke out alone again.
This month marks the end of the fourth year as an
Coaching
Overrated Mentors, Underrated Coaches
Mentoring and coaching often get thrown into one bucket. On the surface they
sound pretty similar; practices that help people
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Bonus Content
TV shows, self-help gurus, car salespeople, and yoga certification courses all
offer bonus content of one kind or other.
Behind
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Gateway Drugs
Let’s start at happy hour, the mixer, the meetup.
You show up and contribute. Through a conversation, an idea,
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The Creative Observer
Here’s a technique to help stimulate some fresh ideas.
In a group situation, try out just being a quiet
Resources
Introducing Coffee Notes: A template for better meetings
A big part of my discovery mission living in a new city was meeting people for
coffee. A lot of
Mindsets & Growth
7 Lessons from Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show
> “I’m not really a business author; I just happen to have used companies as the
method to study
Stage Left
Hit Making: The Generation Game
One of the first things I learned working at a large talent agency was something
that helped fuel the success
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Be Like Bowie
On a cold London morning in 2016, I headed over to the rarified climes of
Mayfair for a meeting.
It