Category Archives for Mindset

“I’m the kind of person who…”

It's been a while since I've written a Sunday missive...But I'm back at it because Sundays, for me, are all about working on my habits (as well as chilling out, obviously).Why Sundays?Because on a Sunday,

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How To Outline Your Business Book Lightning Fast

Photo by Josep Castells on UnsplashQuick Summary...When you sit down to write a book and you realise just how much bloody hard work is involved, and you're staring at the Blank Page Of Doom in despair,

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Why aren’t you achieving your goals?

​​"Why aren't you achieving your goals?"That's the subject line of an email that arrived in my inbox from my good friend Yinka earlier this week.I'll be honest, it was like being punched in the stomach.

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Asking The Right Questions

Quick SummaryWe spend so much time looking for answers, we rarely stop to think if we’re asking the right questions.And sometimes we don’t know which questions to ask at all…Which makes sitting

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Having a religious experience

Do you have a temple?An inner sanctum for thinking deep thoughts?Or are you constantly fighting an external cacophony, your attention fractured into a thousand shards, brittle and spiky?If you hope to

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Same-Same But Different

Today, I'm on a reading adventure in Bath.If you've never visited Bath, you must do so – not only is it a stunning city full of history and stories, it's also full of quirk.I'm here because for my 40th

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Strippers shafted by sharecropping

Shadowbanning.It's been causing outrage in the pole dancing and burlesque community – and rightly so – because Instagram and Facebook have taken it upon themselves to decide what's "appropriate" content,

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Your Pencils Could Always Be Sharper

Photo by Ramakant Sharda on UnsplashQuick SummaryHave you ever heard that answer in job interviews?The one that makes you feel faintly like defenestrating the guilty party who says, "Oh,

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Don’t drink and prime

Do you know what the most dangerous invention is for a bookaholic?Amazon Prime.I do a lot of my book shopping in real-life bookshops, but when I hear of a book that sounds interesting, I panic that I'll

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Writer’s Block Is A Big Hairy LIE

Quick SummaryHave you ever been stuck? Staring at the Blank Page of Doom in despair?Yep, me too.Have you ever blamed it on "writer's block"?Yep, me too.Here's the thing, though: there's no such thing as

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