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,
My Seven Week Writing Experiment
My Little Writing Experiment So I’m always writing every day. But still have some odd aversion to hitting publish, and there is always an internal debate about what to post first. Then I massage my work and wonder if it is for this person or that person. Then I'll go and read a book about that type of blog, and then I read a blog about that type of book. After that, I’ll check the SEO for the main keyword my article was written about. Finally, I watch yet another Backlinko video to verify
Beating Writer's Block With Nelson Mandela
So There I was... I wander into the Mainyard meeting room playing with my phone and hear a cough in the corner. I look up, and Mandela is sitting in a chair in the corner of the room doodling in a notebook. Want to chat? He asks. Er, yes, I have not seen you for a while, I reply. It looked like you did not need us. Actually, I thought I did not, or rather I wanted to try it on my own for a bit. We are always here to listen, I know Gandhi and Montessori can be a bit tough at times, but theCTL ALT DEL - My 12 Week Year Reset
Where to begin? 2018 was the best year I have had for ages, but it was a year of reset, learning and working it out which was a new kind of pain for me. This blog is my way of kicking off my commitment to writing and sharing what I am working on and what I am learning in 2019. I was completely dithering around getting started so decided to eat my own dog food and ‘just do it’. Maybe you don’t know that I am part of a podcast about writing and have organised a weekly writing group in London f
How To Build Trust With Your Coworking Space Website
How Much Money Are You Leaving On The Table? I see this a lot. And don't worry it's not just you and it's not just the workspace industry. People dick around for ages looking for shortcuts, quick fixes and how 'to get in front of as many people as possible.' They hear how Richard Branson kicked off his empire with a magazine at school and now look for how to do the same trick for their coworking space. Even though they run a coworking space in 2018 and Richard was a 16 year old at a public s