Mmmmm…oh hang on a minute… I didn’t think it’d be like this: 45, growing a successful business, fit enough to run as fast as I did 20 years ago, about to buy my dream central London flat but single and not going anywhere fast in the world of romantic relationships. It’s not for want of trying; […]

Ah shucks, I liked this one – not every experiment works out How much do you experiment in life? 🔬 I bet it’s probably not enough; the thing is experimentation is where all the good stuff comes from. 🤓 Because as humans, the lessons we seem to absorb the most are the ones we learn ourselves (this was […]

A lively group “We’re running a sweepstake in the office about how long it’ll be before you make it onto LinkedIn Lunatics” So, said a friend of mine a year ago. At the time I didn’t know what LinkedIn Lunatics was but now I very much do 😔 What is LinkedIn Lunatics? For those who don’t know it’s […]

Don’t make eye contact 👀 Would you approach a stranger in a bar? 🍹 How about talking to a random person on a train? 🚉 If just the thought of doing either of these makes you anxious 🫣 then you may be surprised at what I write next: Elevators are the perfect place to meet new people Yep, I said it! How do […]

And another good one gets away 😞 A while back I wrote a blog all about “What I’ve learnt from my business life that also applies to my dating life” ♥️. I followed it up 6 months later with a blog explaining why I was giving up on dating apps 💔. Both blogs turned out to be very […]

THE THOUSAND POST SPRINT — One person’s extreme challenge to test the power of connections on social media [Part 2 of 2] You can’t please everybody Last December I undertook a gargantuan social media challenge partly to learn more about human behaviours and the algorithm that sits behind LinkedIn and partly because I was bored; in this second […]

THE THOUSAND POST SPRINT — One person’s extreme challenge to test the power of connections on social media [Part 1 of 2] This looks scary Last December I undertook a gargantuan social media challenge partly to learn more about human behaviours and the algorithm that sits behind LinkedIn and partly because he was bored; in this first part of […]

Push vs Pull Influencing — from an EQ point of view there is only one long-term winner 🥇 Why anything sustainable can only really rely on Pull-style Influencing Clearly my new gym routine is working 😉 Going into 2025 I decided this was the year I would stop Pushing so much ❌ No, I’m not talking about opening doors […]

If you want to achieve anything in life: It’s not about being perfect, it’s about being consistent; here’s how you do it A bin for leaves and a toothbrush walk into a bar…. What the hell have dental hygiene and leaf collection got in common? 😀🍃 Both reminded me of the secret of success; something we all know […]

Why you should share your goals more widely — its good for IQ, EQ and FQ Someday I’ll learn how to order numbers 😂 As a strategist and emotional intelligence expert, I hate resolutions but I am a big fan of goals 🥅. In fact I regularly tell clients that we won’t start working with them until we have clarity […]