Category Archives: focus
Making mistakes that count means living like there’s no delete key
I’m pretty sure plenty of people would agree I’ve fallen flat on my face – physically as well as metaphorically – quite spectacularly many, many times. But apart from a few obvious ones like smoking cigarettes and drinking too much … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Arianna Huffington, creative mistakes, creativity, great failures, Hubspot, Inbound 13, making mistakes, Nate Silver, no delete key, Seth Godin, working, writing
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Hear the F.E.A.R. and do it anyway
I usually listen to music when I’m working but it has to be a certain kind of music. Wordy songs take my mind away from what I’m supposed to be doing because I just can’t resist being swept off on … Continue reading
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Tagged fidget, General, just do it, working
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Nate Silver: mathmagician
I’ve always been fascinated by numbers, probably because their mysteries have eluded me all my life. School maths lessons happened behind a glazed, slack-jawed frown of WTF? Every right answer – the product of palm hair inducing concentration – led … Continue reading
Superheroes walk among us …
… and they all share the same super power. It’s called just doing it. I’m as fascinated as the next person about anything splendidly unexplainable. But, while it is a kind of genetic mystery as to where all our different … Continue reading
Just 5 minutes
I’ve had several chats with people following my post yesterday and it seems sitting still long enough to get anything solid written is a rather common writerly problem.
Sally Morgan: This Take 