(1-minute read)Let me quickly show you how I visualise my work and map out projects I am working on.I am not the one to switch my apps a lot, especially when it comes to stuff like browsers or emails. Years ago, I moved to Gmail and Chrome, from Outl...
(๐ฝ download link is at the bottom)I got this advice from Jerry Seinfeld.I wanted to get good at writing jokes, naturally, when I decided that I want to do stand up comedy more often - and this is when I got advice from Jerry how to do itโand not jus...
(1-minute confession time)Do you sometimes get a feeling that you're "always working"? Even when you're not "working" you're doing "something" that's related to work?No?Just me!?Ooook! ๐ ๐ ๐I'm sure adults around me would describe me as a "la...
When you think about your future customers - what do you see? Is it a long line of different people, or a small group you will cultivate and maintain over time?This answer will be different for different types of businesses, but regardless of the ans...
"tHe cUsToMeR iS aLwAyS riGhT" - Right? Wrong!If I ask you "who is your ideal customer?" do you have an answer? "Whoever pays the bill" is not an acceptable response.There's a difference between an Ideal customer, and the one I like to call...
(30 second Friday motivation)I often think of my first workplace senior, a dude that taught me a ton on web design and front-end development - but beyond skills - I realised one thing in my time with him. I hated Conformity.Conformity (from Wiki...
(best 2-minute read of the week!)Everyone should have their own definition of success. What means "to be rich" for me is not necessarily the same for others, and we won't have the same things that make us (if at all) happy.Since I was a child, I had...
You don't own anything to your past self.So, if you've "always wanted to be (fill in the blank)" - and now that you are - you're not as happy as you were, or you thought you'd be - feel free to change."Sometimes, we are so focused on where we are goi...
You know that incredible feeling you get when you're "in the zone", just blasting away tasks and kicking some serious project ass? When you get that "I'm so good at this, I love my job" feeling...And then the phone vibrates, and the magic i...
(1-minute story of cheating girlfriends and unpaying clients)I used to be an angry person, I would say. I've learned to hide it well, but I was miserable a lot. I'm happy to say I'm not anymore, as I've learned to "forgive and forget".A conversation...