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Working Out. Loud.

This is going to be very very very short and even sweet. What is that image Bernie? It is one of David Bowie doing some Ziggy and has been hanging out in my media files for AGES. It has nothing to do with the post. ANYWAY I am here at 90 Mainyard trying to get my fucking feed to go into itunes and, well it won't. I had four things to do today and I have got two and half done. When i have done this blog it will be three. Today: Nils and I did our podcast about Trello that begun our invest

Under Pressure - Childhood to Fatherhood to Fascination

WOW! My spine tingled. I had forgotten this.Two of my favourite things ever (other than you my reader) are Queen and David Bowie. I had the Queen Live Magic! And played it until it broke. Back then we lived in Southampton, went to school on Hayling Island and only person in our road had a car phone. I must have thought about this line every week of my life since I first heard it: “Chippin’ around, kick my brains ’round the floor These are the days – it never rains but it pours” Somet

It's All About Me

So that did not work. Well it did. A bit. I am sitting here thinking that everything has added up to this point and I am glad. There are some cuts and bruises but everything is awesome and I am not even part of a team. WARNING: I am writing this at 100 miles an hour on a phone and it is brain dump rather than a work of art - sorry! There was confusion and a block and something did not feel right. I blame the meditation and the bulletproof coffee. I mapped out my miserable little life and al

Birthday Blog - Hi, Great To Be Back!

Usually I hide when it is my birthday and don't tell anyone. Last year I hid under the big tree in our friends garden in a little village in Poland. I am motivated to write this because the journey from that tree to my birthday this year has been important. (Well important for me anyway). The turning points are best described in trips. The trip to Poland to visit our dear friends enabled me to finally start to reconnect with myself and the deep amazing awe when I met #supercoolwife in Kraków in

The No Complain Diet.

I have managed to glean a huge amount of time this year. Most of it has been a result of keeping my mouth shut. The biggest chunk of keeping my mouth shut has come from not complaining. Sorry to shatter your idea of happy nice guy Bernie.... Being negative about other people and things without really doing my homework is something I have been guilty of with alarming regularity. The problem is that it is way easier to complain than it is to be happy. Obviously I need to do a bit more research to

Am I Unemployable?

I thought I was doomed, weird and broken, now I know there are others like me We are the unemployable. There are a lot of us around, and most of us have read the Cluetrain Manifesto. It’s our guide. . I was playing golf with podcasting legend Neville Hobson a few years ago and he proudly said 'I'm unemployable'. I thought, “Neville you drive an Audi, wear jumpers without logos and open doors for ladies - how can you be unemployable?” Then we started to talk about tech, leadership and sales

It was late when I got back to the office......

90 Days of Massive Action #2 It was late when I got back to the office at 90 Mainyard. There was an eerie calm to the place and all the lights were off. At the back someone had left a desk fan on, I heard a bump and saw the office cat scurry across the floor. I moved towards the fan to switch it off, as I passed the blue meeting room I noticed someone sitting in the chair at the head of the table. I stopped. Should I not be scared? Hello Bernie, want some tea? Nelson, what are you doing he

90 Days of Massive Action #01

I think I am finally there. While we were up on a mountain in Italy for the OuiShare summit a lot of things came together for me. At one point I was chatting and said I am not sure why I came, even more so, I brought #babybernie too and he did not know why I came either. So the headline is that I left full of a calm zest and purpose. What should have been the end of the road again for me turned into one of the best months in my life. I would even dare to say that I woke up after a long slee

What is Bernie's Superpower? Answer here and save the world.....

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"Be the change you want to see"

My big screen on my desk at 90 Main Yard has a cute picture - "Be the change you want to see" - I would like not to be an arsehole - but I am. I’d like to see a world with fewer arseholes in it. For those of you near me I am working on this - NOT being an arsehole that is. It is very tempting to make the picture for this post an actual arsehole, but then I am sure you'd think I am even more of one. Over the last few weeks, I have been drilling my head to find the line between energy with fir

A Sentimental Journey Through Spain and Italy #1

I have not done anything all day. Quite literally I am too excited to move. Tomorrow #Babybernie and I are off to Italy to a magical little place called "The Rural Hub" for the OuiShare Summit #7. Around 70 of us from all over the world will sit around and collectively discuss, decide and vote on what the OuiShare community will focus on for the next six months. I am more in love than ever with the OuiShare community, I missed the OuiShare Fest and was a bit sad. (Mainly sad that it was not

Do the work (slight return)

What is that Publicate thing? At least three people have asked me in the last few hours. Then last week as I hurriedly threw together my newsletter for the 20th time in Publicate,I thought I'd mention it, mainly as Chris, the founder, is a mate and also is launching the paid product after getting funding and two years of being Beta / pre-revenue - or whatever you Old Street kids call it these days. I did what any dumb marketer would do and mentioned it in my newsletter without context and the