It starts with restlessness, then boredom. Maybe a little cleaning. A sudden urge to cook new things. Occasionally, you stand by the front window and dream about actually leaving the house. Maybe you eat traffic with sock puppets.

You know that feeling… it’s that intolerable longing to explore you get when you’re stuck indoors for weeks on end. …

It may not have escaped your attention that coronavirus is one of the most important things happening in the world right now. People worldwide are trying their best to avoid getting this virus. Governments are imposing lockdowns to try to stop the spread. Scientists have been working hard to develop a vaccine for the virus, and private companies have manufactured these vaccines as quickly as possible for global use.

And yet, some people just don’t want to get the vaccine.

Which seems to me like the absolute pinnacle of craziness. I mean, this could stop you from getting COVID-19 and…

A Brief Reminder to Back Up Your Photos

One of the most missed items when a house burns down is collections of photos.

When hard drives die, people lose a lot of great stuff, like creative work and photos.

When relationships break down and exes no longer want to share things on their computers, people lose photos.

When phones get stolen or randomly stop working, if you haven’t backed up you lose all your photos.

So, back up your photos.

There are dozens of services that will automatically back up photos from your phone: Google, Flickr, Amazon, Samsung, Apple, etc.

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My path towards entrepreneurship has completely changed the way I view every company I know of.

At first, I really had no idea. I looked at what I could do and what I thought the world needed and simply tried to find a product to fill the gap. Now I’m halfway through an MBA, with years of actively studying many businesses under my belt.

The mountain of knowledge I’m yet to learn is still there waiting, but I’ve learned a few key things all entrepreneurs should probably know too.

The Two Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Most people in business look at what they can do and…

If you’d told me a year and a half ago how much I’d get done in the next 18 months, I’d never have believed you.

Somehow, while raising kids and working a 9–5 I’ve managed to finish half an MBA and get a business off the ground. Now, as anyone who has read a lot of self-help books knows, the systems and habits you create are where the difference is really made. The following steps are the habits that have made the most difference for me.

Try these yourself.

As It Ends, Plan the Next

There are numerous famous examples of how writing a paper list…

Here’s a little story about a manager who missed the mark by a mile and showed me what truly bad leadership and crisis management really was.

Sadly, he wasn’t the first, nor the last to share that lesson with me, but this story remains his life lesson to me and was taught in the shape of one solitary burger.

A Hot Summer’s Day

It was 1995 in the heat of November in Adelaide, South Australia, the exact date of the very last of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix events to be held in Adelaide.

Adelaide was absolutely teeming with a reported 210,000 sweaty…

It’s astounding just how differently businesses and people market themselves, especially online. What’s really difficult for most people to work out though, is how to do it for yourself in a way that actually works.

You Want To Be Well Known… But For What?

It’s funny how what makes one person stand out makes another person look gimmicky. And what looks gimmicky at first glance is still something you recall years later. Meanwhile, a jingle on the radio annoys you daily and yet you remember the company’s website automatically.

I can recall word-for-word the advert for a 1980s Australian bubble bath commercial (well done, Mr Matey). …

I told myself I wouldn’t do this, but today it’s well and truly time for a rant on my coronavirus state-of-affairs opinion.

I am not a medical professional, and I’m not trying to give medical advice. I’m just someone trying to get by during this pandemic and finding the UK Government advice and pandemic control systems just a little bit laughable.

In the UK, our new NHS test and trace app has just been released. Adverts on every social media channel have been bombarding me all morning, asking me to download the app. …