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🍃 Leaders, let’s go outside.

🍃 Leaders, let’s go outside.

Move over, hygge. There’s a new Scandinavian concept to embrace, and it will give you more of a natural high than candles and cushions ever…
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Laurence McCahill
Can you believe how far you’ve come?

Can you believe how far you’ve come?

This was a question put forward by someone at last week’s Ideas Café.
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Laurence McCahill
A to-do list for effortless business

A to-do list for effortless business

1. Simplify my offering 2. Do less, but better 3. Hone my one thing 4. Stop chasing so many ideas 5. Focus focus focus 6. Stick at…
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Laurence McCahill
Founders — don’t forget to refuel

Founders — don’t forget to refuel

Everyone around you will benefit
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Laurence McCahill
Why asking deep questions leads to a richer life

Why asking deep questions leads to a richer life

I’ve always been obsessed with the deep questions.
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Carlos Saba
Why is it important to ask for help?

Why is it important to ask for help?

When Laurence and I started our digital agency we didn’t believe we needed any help.
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Carlos Saba
Becoming more of yourself in 2023

Becoming more of yourself in 2023

And getting paid to be you
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Laurence McCahill
What’s stopping you from hitting publish?

What’s stopping you from hitting publish?

This was the question I posed to my little group at our Ideas Café meetup last week.
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Laurence McCahill
15 things I wish I knew before I started out in business

15 things I wish I knew before I started out in business

Some people are radiators, others are drains. Be conscious of where you devote most of your precious time.
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Laurence McCahill
Creation in reverse

Creation in reverse

In his fascinating book How Music Works, David Byrne (best known as the front man of the band Talking Heads) has a powerful message.
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Laurence McCahill
You don’t need a business plan you need an Excite Strategy

You don’t need a business plan you need an Excite Strategy

When most people start a business they focus on their idea, the company they want to create and/or the needs of the market.
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Carlos Saba
A gamechanger for any changemaker

A gamechanger for any changemaker

Despite what many people think, most entrepreneurs don’t start a business because they want to retire on a desert island.
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Laurence McCahill
🏕 What’s new at Happy Startup Summercamp 2022

🏕 What’s new at Happy Startup Summercamp 2022

When I sat down to write a similar email 3 years ago almost to the day, little did I realise we’d be in 2022 before we’d be planning this…
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Laurence McCahill
10 Things We Learnt About Life Design with Ayse Birsel

10 Things We Learnt About Life Design with Ayse Birsel

We are the cusp of a special moment.
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Laurence McCahill
Design the long life you love

Design the long life you love

For those of us born in the West today, living to 100 will be the norm not the exception. I wrote a post about this recently.
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Laurence McCahill
Street level altruism (and the ripple effect of helping one person)

Street level altruism (and the ripple effect of helping one person)

For the last 7 years Joshua Coombes has been a man on a mission.
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Laurence McCahill
🔥 How Holstee started a movement from their manifesto

🔥 How Holstee started a movement from their manifesto

A blueprint for a meaningful life
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Laurence McCahill
✏️ How to design from (and for) joy

✏️ How to design from (and for) joy

Start with what moves you, not what moves the market
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Laurence McCahill
How do you price well without talking about money?

How do you price well without talking about money?

Do you find it challenging talking about money?
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Carlos Saba
How internet influencers tell you to do business (and why this won’t work for you)

How internet influencers tell you to do business (and why this won’t work for you)

If you’re going to be a successful entrepreneur you’re supposed to think big.
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Laurence McCahill
How we can help you in 2022

How we can help you in 2022

And why we do what we do
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Laurence McCahill
Living on the edge of uncertainty

Living on the edge of uncertainty

It’s 2018. We’re hosting our USA version of our Alptitude retreat and have taken the group on a white water rafting trip.
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Carlos Saba
6 Universal Truths 2021 Has Reminded Me Of

6 Universal Truths 2021 Has Reminded Me Of

Like last year, 2021 has been a year of uncertainty, cancelled plans and all that life throws at us– whether that’s worries about Covid…
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Laurence McCahill
What does work look like for you in The Age of Longevity?

What does work look like for you in The Age of Longevity?

For those of us born in the West today, living to 100 will be the norm not the exception — how does this affect our relationship to work?
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Laurence McCahill
Rewilding humanity 🌱

Rewilding humanity 🌱

As COP 26 comes to a close and frustration abounds, I recall a chance conversation in early 2019.
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Laurence McCahill
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