The trier is not afraid to experiment. Failure doesn’t bother them. What keeps them up at night is not trying. Regret and missed opportunities is the bane of their existence. Michael Jordan is a trier, he once said: “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something but I can’t accept not trying” The non trier … Continue reading The trier →

If you say no enough times you will eventually find yourself with loads of free time. Inversely, if you say yes enough times you will eventually find yourself with no free time. Most people will fall into the second category and find themselves stressed to the gills because they are being pulled into a thousand … Continue reading Busy is a choice →

‘I think we should get someone famous to talk on behalf of our brand’ ‘I think we should organize a weekly conference where we get speakers to come in and talk to exclusively our customers. The Waldorf hotel is free for the next 7 Fridays. Also I think the speakers should be experts in small … Continue reading Killing ideas →

Playing games like charades or 30 seconds is a great way to see how people think. It's very impressive to see two people on the same wavelength breezing through the prompts effortlessly. It's very entertaining to see two people on completely different wavelengths struggling to align. 'How the hell does that mean Amsterdam?' 'How does … Continue reading Empathy for charades →

“Christmas dinner isn’t over when you’re full, it’s over when you hate yourself!” Cancelling your membership to the clean plate club could be the healthiest thing you do. For those of you who don’t know, the clean plate club has a philosophy - you’re only allowed to stop eating when your plate is clean. This … Continue reading Clean plate club →

Want to practice suppressing your micromanaging? Let someone you know, someone who has little to no hairdressing experience, cut your hair. If you’re bald, what we’re looking for is an activity or output that you have a lot at stake in that can be outsourced to a beginner. If you are particularly precious about the … Continue reading Suppression practice →

Today I watched season 3, episode 3 of Monty Python’s Flying Circus for the first time... and it was weird! The sketches were odd, I didn’t understand a lot of the punchlines and felt thoroughly confused for the majority of the episode. But amidst all this weirdness there was a couple of minutes of pure … Continue reading The Argument Clinic →

Can you follow us on Facebook? If you’re spending your time and effort squeezing likes out of people you know, I think you’re focusing on the wrong thing. Chasing likes isn’t going to bring you success. I think instead you should be investing your time and effort trying to become as good as possible. Then … Continue reading Follow us on Facebook? →

Templates are helpful for a number of reasons.  Firstly they are convenient. With templates you don't need to worry about structure, you can slot in your information with ease.  Secondly they help you decide your taste. If you have no idea what you like, seeing templates can help you determine what you definitely don't like.  … Continue reading Templates v scratch →

Most parents will punish a child’s tantrum with some quiet time on the naughty step and then force an apology so everyone can move on. Tantrum, quiet time, apology. A simple process that hopefully drives home to the child that tantrums aren’t acceptable. Or if they do happen they need to be followed with apologies. … Continue reading Tantrum, quiet time, apology →