How To Be Happy at Work: A Pinterest Experiment
This Saturday, 11th February is World Happy Day when thousands of people will come together to watch screenings of the movie Happy. I am fascinated that World Happy Day is on a Saturday and not on a weekday which reminded me of research I read on the Action for Happiness site that found that in...
What Is The Most Important Thing?
”The mundane details of our life eat us up. Therefore it is important to keep asking ourselves again and again: what is the most important thing?” – Pema Chodron There’s something about this time of year. I don’t know if it’s the dark mornings, the grey days or the cold evenings but I just want...
A Simple Formula for Mindful Productivity
My journey as a productivity geek started in 2008. At the beginning of that year, after months of deliberately avoiding it, I picked up Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek. His advice was simple: choose the work which is going to maximise your results (the 80/20 rule) and do it in the shortest time possible by setting yourself...
Forget New Years Resolutions; Make a To Stop List Instead
January is a time of review and planning, of looking forward and making goals and resolutions for the coming year. But sometimes as well as defining what we are going to do in our business and life, it’s essential to identify those things we are going to stop. I was inspired to put together my...
Recalibrating for 2012
One of the great things about the Christmas break is that I find it gives me time to refocus my work and plan for the New Year. Being away from the hustle and bustle of London is an added bonus (I am currently in Lisbon) and allows for a fresh perspective. Chris Guillebeau has been...
Start, and the Pressure’s Off
“When the time is on you, start and the pressure will be off.” Yogi Bhajan’s Sutras for the Aquarian Age When I first sat down to write The Business Yogi book in August 2011, the words just would not come. Knowing that August is normally a quiet month of work, I had designated the month...
Working Abroad: Thoughts, Tales and Tips From The Edge of Europe
After a fruitful and enjoyable month long stay at The Hub in Amsterdam last winter, I decided to try and make it a practice to get out of London and go live and work in a new city each December/January. I left a freezing cold London two days ago to travel to Lisbon for...
9 Books To Shift Your Perspective For 2012
Readers of this blog will know that I am an avid consumer of books. In my ebook, From Apps to Zen: 26+ Ideas for Building a Business with Balance, the letter ‘K’ stands for Knowledge and my goal to read a (non-fiction) book a week (which I have managed this year!). Being a minimalist, I...
How To Be Influential Online
On Wednesday I gave a talk on Social Influence to leaders in the arts and cultural sector as part of a leadership initiative by Sync Leadership. It was a lively and interesting discussion where we looked at everything from why we want to influence others to tricks and tips for effective influencing. Start With Why...
Go Niche, Go Global
On Monday night I braved the streets of Belgravia, getting increasing lost as I found (eventually!) my way to The Star Tavern for An Evening with Emma Jones. Organised by Julie Hall from Women Unlimited, the event was a chance to network with other female entrepreneurs and hear business tips from Emma, herself a serial...
