February 3rd, 2025
Faris Aranki
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 […]
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January 31st, 2025
Faris Aranki
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 […]
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January 28th, 2025
Faris Aranki
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 […]
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January 21st, 2025
Faris Aranki
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 […]
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January 13th, 2025
Faris Aranki
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 […]
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January 6th, 2025
Faris Aranki
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 […]
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December 29th, 2024
Faris Aranki
Damn you fruit, don’t fall out! Friendships are like this bowl of fruit 🍐🍊🍏; we all know that fruit are good for us but it’s easy to let things slip, or to get distracted by junk food 🍟, and the bowl becomes empty pretty quickly unless you refill it* Ok, so the analogy might need some work 🤔, but […]
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December 19th, 2024
Faris Aranki
Why saying bye is sometimes the right thing to do — its all a balance of IQ, EQ and FQ End of an Era Today marked a small, but important milestone for me. I waved goodbye to a company that had held a special place in my heart 👋😭. Who is this epic company? AXA Insurance of course! Yep, you might not think […]
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November 30th, 2024
Faris Aranki
100 responses: See behind the curtain of the humble LinkedIn Voice Note — an absolute EQ gamechanger Awww shucks ♥️ You might not know but I love a voice note 💕💞. I use them extensively in my personal life and in my professional life. I have written extensively about why I use them for work and what I have […]
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November 23rd, 2024
Faris Aranki
The hidden side of having lots of followers when EQ is your thing The stock market has seen better days 20,000 Followers I reached that last week on LinkedIn You’d think I’d be over the moon about that, and on one hand I am, but it’s not quite as simple as that. Yes, my followership has been gathering pace […]
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