Why September Is The Best Month To Get Writing
So I had a friend, and on their wall, they had a poster with the caption "A year from now you will wish you'd started today.' It would make me roll my eyes; I'm not sure why and that is not the point of the story. Maybe five years ago, I started using a website that a lot of Write Club members are on called 750 Words, where you write 750 Words every day. No one else can see them, and you write what you want, no one cares. I'm up to nearly 2 million words now, by doing a little bit every day.
Why I Am No Longer Talking To People About Blogging
What is this about Bernie? So we are building the Coalescent Podcast Network, and I thought I'd write about how we are doing that as it is going to come with some joy and pain and a lot of the agony we will have I'm sure you will too. I get asked a lot of questions about content marketing every week, at Write Club, Podcast Meet Up, Coworking Assembly and with people who hand over their hard-won money for my advice and expertise. For as long as I can remember I've loved, communication, spreadi
My Coworking Moonshot (and the stars look very different today)
(Image Credit Raymond Carrillo Flickr) So What Is A Moonshot Bernie? A few weeks ago, my mate Cat Johnson (the other best coworking content advisor in the world) asked me what my Coworking Moonshot was. The trouble with Cat asking me a question is I need to think about the answer, saying 'to help people' would not have cut it. I know this as we used to podcast together on the Write Club Podcast on Coalescent Network (formerly Ouishare Radio) with Trevor. Listen to this episode to check in
How Finding Your Voice Is My Why
I was standing by the bar in Soho theatre after our 2010 Social Media Week #techForGood event. 'You need to find your WHY Bernie', Julie says. Julie tells me about a new TED talk with over 200k views by Simon Sinek. Simon says we should start with 'our WHY'. I ponder and reply, "Maybe my WHY is ‘find your voice and help others find theirs, like in Covey's 8th Habit." “Is an outcome or a WHY?” asks Julie. I stare into my drink, is it a WHY or an outcome? If my voice came up and punched me
How Most Things Can Be Solved By Getting Up Early
I wrote this My Miracle Morning post back in 2016, it described the routine I’d designed and have kept to non-stop, I’ve been doing this for over seven years now. That post detailed a somewhat stern routine, I still wake up early but I’m much more chilled and productive. Most of the time I wake up at 5 am, I listen to a book and drink a big glass of water. Dan Pink recommended this in one of his books, water wakes you up naturally and works than tea or coffee as your first drink. Meditation
7 Reasons Why I'm Not So Down With Coworking
I recently moved back into the Mainyard Studios family and seem to walk around thinking about how I feel now compared to how I felt when I was there before. Coworking got me into shape mentally and professionally, and the mental health thing is enormous. Here are few of the reasons that I'm not so down anymore, in fact, I've never been better, and the coworking movement and the people in it are a huge reason for my healing and development. About a decade ago, I got in such a wrong way by work
How I Failed At My Last 12 Week Goals
It is the last day of this round of 12 Week Year, and it has not gone at all to plan. The goals for this round were run 5 miles in 35 minutes, do 25 Pomodoro's a week, and post to my website. I worked it all out and could not fail and then I did. I learnt a lot this time around, probably the most ever. I wanted to do all these things; I did not feel lazy or not on the right track. This year was going great. At the end of last year, I'm stuck about where to position myself commercially, the l
How To Make Your First Podcast Absolutely Rock!
Bernie, I want to start a podcast got any tips? I get asked every week about how to start a podcast, I’m not about to start a podcast production business but here is my take. At the end of this post is a list of websites and people I trust to teach you about podcasting, I know them, I love them and have learnt from them. You can also join our monthly Podcast Meet Up in London here One thing to note is that I’ve never ever got my head around editing or that end of the tech. I’ve worked on cl
How To Really Know What To Do As A Freelancer
These places are how I get my work done. Somewhere back in 2016, I made a firm choice to commit to only a few places, and this is how I really worked out what to do as a freelancer. I'd spend so much time looking at different blogs, videos and looking for the silver bullet. I went through a two-year space, trying to be the worlds best web copywriter, it was torture. My heart was set on it, and I could see how it would work, but it drained me. Every job was like finishing an essay for the cl
How To Make Your Reader or Client the Hero of Your Story and NOT You!
Why you need to make your reader the hero of your story and NOT you! Look I'm just so great at this story stuff! You will want to know how great I am, so just read on... DOES NOT make you want to read on. Because it is all about me and does not solve your problem, let alone spark interest. I certainly get a little vomit in my mouth when people describe themselves by boasting, bragging and telling people why you are the 'biggest', 'best', 'largest' or 'leading'. Maybe I'm just too paranoid,