Bernie J Mitchell
"Email-first community building for independent coworking spaces"
We never had a plan. We just opened the door.
So Reader, Back in 2016 when Phil and I ran WorkHubs in Euston, there was a garage between our building and The Wesley Hotel next door. The Wesley was London's first ethical hotel. Their entire USP is sustainability. Everything they do. James, the hotel manager, decided to pull the garage door up. They made a pop-up café and a tiny garden out of pallets and reclaimed wood. Doug Shaw came along with a friend and did an art project. That artwork is still there today, 10 years later. The garage
If ADHD was an Olympic sport, I'd be Michael
On ADHD, Elizabeth King, Herb Alpert at 90, and learning that constraints aren’t the enemy of creativity. You know what you should be doing. You’ve known for months. Maybe years. Launch the thing. Finish the website. Build the system. Stop winging it. But you keep pushing it down the list. “When I finally finish this...” becomes the thing you tell yourself every week. Every month. Every quarter. You’re not avoiding it because you’re lazy. You’re avoiding it because the options are infinite
