I sincerely hope that anybody reading this saw the pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope this week, I’ve put my favourite one right there and this week I want to talk about some of the thoughts and emotions that these photos brought out in me this week. Firstly: how…

I walked 146km in 8 days, here’s what I learned — Okay before I get into it, can we just take a moment to appreciate what a ridiculously photo that is?! Obviously I didn’t take it, in fact I can’t believe that it was taken by an actual human being. I just found it on unsplash, all credit goes to a…

So I had a very interesting Uber ride in Detroit last week and I’ve been thinking about it so much that now I need to blog about it. Side note: I’m not entirely sure why Uber drivers in Detroit/Michigan always want to have a chat with me. It’s either midwestern…

I grew up on the outskirts of Norwich, a small city in the UK with around 300,000 people in it. …

It doesn’t have to be this way — Look I know that we all have blind spots, it’s just a part of life. We all had just one upbringing which for most people means growing up in one place. I’ve been lucky enough to move countries as an adult which is super fun because you get to compare…

That’s right, the title of this weeks blog is lifted from the Harry Potter universe: “My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.” Newt Scamander That quote seems particularly apt in a week where the financial markets have been absolutely plummeting (along with the crypto markets), and all the…

It sounds obvious, but stay with me — I have like a handful of ideas, and I’ve managed to say the same thing in different ways for hundreds of blogs over the years. Today, I’m rolling out yet another classic. Some call it the growth mindset, some call it “luck is an attitude”, some just call it confidence…

Or, don’t? — I feel like when I was a kid I had it drilled into me that I needed to figure out what I really enjoyed doing, and then to pursue a career in that. …

Really. — I saw a tweet earlier that said “every deal fails twice before it goes through”, and it really resonated. I happen to work in consulting and have been lucky enough to find myself in a role where I have a team of people underneath me and part of my job…