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Random Networking: A simple trick to enhance your business — a must for any small business or…

Random Networking: A simple trick to enhance your business — a must for any small business or solopreneurDecisions, decisions! Who shall I pick? 🤔This is part 3 of a 3-part blog series desig…

Random Networking: A…

Random Networking: A simple trick to enhance your business — a must for any small business or solopreneurDecisions, decisions! Who shall I pick? 🤔This is part 3 of a 3-part blog series designed to help small business owners and solopreneurs (new and old). Part 1 and Part 2 are hereWhen was the last time you made a new connection? 🤔I’m not talking about a social media connection where it’s nothing more than: “Ooh, look at all the things they are posting”.I’m talking about making the space to meet someone new, find out more about them and share some interesting stuff abou…

Faris Aranki May 12, 2025

How to cut through the noise as a small business or solopreneur

As a small business owner/solopreneur you being punched or are you doing the punching?This is part 2 of a 3-part blog series designed to help small business owners and solopreneurs (new and old). Part…

As a small business …

As a small business owner/solopreneur you being punched or are you doing the punching?This is part 2 of a 3-part blog series designed to help small business owners and solopreneurs (new and old). Parts 1 and 3 are hereIt’s arguably harder than ever to stand out in the modern world; not only does the average person consume about 74GB of information per day (the equivalent of 16 movies) but a lot of it is very similar and they forget most of it by the next day.This proves particularly challenging when it comes to the business world, where effectively many people are trying to ‘sell’ to t…

Faris Aranki May 12, 2025

Nobody gives a damn!

Its such an apt banner for small business owners and solopreneursNobody gives a damn! The 21 Rules you need to understand if you want to start a business (or achieve any goal)This is part 1 of a 3-pa…

Its such an apt bann…

Its such an apt banner for small business owners and solopreneursNobody gives a damn! The 21 Rules you need to understand if you want to start a business (or achieve any goal)This is part 1 of a 3-part blog series designed to help small business owners and solopreneurs (new and old). Parts 2 and 3 are hereMy start-up has survived to Year 6 and counting 🙌😊😬🎉It’s been bloody hard work though; when you look at the stats that makes us the minority [about 60% of all businesses don’t make it to year 5 or beyond]; that’s all the more impressive considering Covid came along 6 mont…

Faris Aranki May 12, 2025

Want to get better at EQ? Time to 10x your level of real-time conversations

Asynchronicity and time alone is killing soft skills; synchronous communication is where real EQ kicks inIt’s easy to talk to no-one“You’re a lot less fun in person than you came across in you…

Asynchronicity and t…

Asynchronicity and time alone is killing soft skills; synchronous communication is where real EQ kicks inIt’s easy to talk to no-one“You’re a lot less fun in person than you came across in your messages”, said the lady sat opposite me.We were about an hour into a first date and I could feel it was going badly 💔.How was this happening?We’d matched on a Dating app [I know, I know, I said I’d give them up but don’t shoot me] and the chat there had been great.We’d swapped plenty of messages 📨 in the build-up to the date and I’d sent her a range of witty messages, funny…

Faris Aranki April 21, 2025

Anyone can sell a Ferrari for a fiver; are you guilty of making that mistake?

Classic!Ever heard the old adage professed by wizened sales people:“As soon as you shake hands on a deal, you know you could have asked for more Money”This always struck me as a bit of b*llocks …

Classic!Ever heard t…

Classic!Ever heard the old adage professed by wizened sales people:“As soon as you shake hands on a deal, you know you could have asked for more Money”This always struck me as a bit of b*llocks because if that really was the case then you would never agree on any sale but certainly it holds the kernel of truth that pricing is never straightforward.I was reminded of this in the last week when two separate proposals for prospective new clients fell apart because they balked at the proposed fees.In the email exchange around one of them, I was labelled:“You’re demented if you think anyo…

Faris Aranki April 13, 2025

I did a TEDx…so what? It doesn’t make me a better person*

I must have been making a great point 😂“Oh my god, I’m so jealous that you got to deliver a TEDx; that must be something big ticked off your Bucket List” wrote one of my LinkedIn connections…

I must have been mak…

I must have been making a great point 😂“Oh my god, I’m so jealous that you got to deliver a TEDx; that must be something big ticked off your Bucket List” wrote one of my LinkedIn connections the day after my talk.I thought about it 🤔 and realised: “Nope, not in the slightest!”Of course, it was tremendously flattering 😊 to be asked to close the TEDX Hult London 2025 event, but delivering a TEDx has never been one of my specific goals (for this year or any other year) 🎯.What’s more: Having delivered it, I wasn’t now a better person 🤷🏻‍♂️.It hadn’t magi…

Faris Aranki April 5, 2025

You can shove your fate and serendipity, here’s to making your own sh1t happen and being vulnerable…

You can shove your fate and serendipity, here’s to making your own sh1t happen and being vulnerable along the wayAim to fail and be vulnerable, its where the good stuff will come“Why do you keep…

You can shove your f…

You can shove your fate and serendipity, here’s to making your own sh1t happen and being vulnerable along the wayAim to fail and be vulnerable, its where the good stuff will come“Why do you keep writing about your failed Love life and all those other bad things on social media 💔?” said my friend as we were watching a game of football together.“It makes you come across as a loser; you would never catch me sharing that much 🙂‍↔️”On the one hand, part of me understands exactly where he is coming from (and believe me, I’ve received far more brutal feedback from others al…

Faris Aranki March 23, 2025

Dating Apps are the junk food of the relationship world. How do I kick-start a more healthy diet?

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 s…

Mmmmm…oh hang on a…

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; I throw myself into meeting new people every week and I go on a fair few dates but they just never lead to anything 🤷🏻‍♂️.Like the good strategist I am, I like to reflect on all my actions so that I can adapt and enhance: why are my Dating efforts just not working 🤔?My main conc…

Faris Aranki March 11, 2025

Failing to experiment is far worse than experimenting and then failing

Ah shucks, I liked this one - not every experiment works outHow much do you experiment in life? 🔬I bet it’s probably not enough; the thing is experimentation is where all the good stuff comes f…

Ah shucks, I liked t…

Ah shucks, I liked this one - not every experiment works outHow 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 lesson 14 of my 21 lessons learnt the hard way from my first 5 years in business). 🧑‍🏫👩🏻‍🏫More than that, any life lesson or piece of advice from someone else can only ever be a hypothesis for your life because their environment and your environment can never be quite th…

Faris Aranki March 2, 2025

Making it onto LinkedIn Lunatics: a blessing or a curse?

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 wha…

A lively group“We…

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 a thread on Reddit (a social media platform where users submit content and it gets voted and commented on — not usually in a positive way).This particular thread was set up with the following mission: “ Sharing and discussing the LinkedIn characters who post a mix of rampant vir…

Faris Aranki February 19, 2025

Where’s a perfect place to build your EQ skills and meet new people? The answer may surprise you

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 🫣 the…

Don't make eye conta…

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 peopleYep, I said it!How do I know?Well, it’s because I do it all the timeHang on a minute; you do what??Yep, I talk to strangers in elevators and it’s all thanks to one of my first jobs.In 2008, I joined EY in their London Office, a giant 10 storey building that housed almost 10000 employees.I was b…

Faris Aranki February 11, 2025

10 Unwelcome Similarities Between Flat Hunting And Dating In London &Raquo; 1Exzsfe8 Iahyh8 3Licr6A

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 wit…

And another good one…

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 popular and I received a raft of responses from people all around the world with their thoughts/advice on what I had written — trust me, it was very interesting 🤓.For example, I got a letter ✉️ from one gentleman that started:“I’m 73 years old and have been married to my darling wife for…

Faris Aranki February 3, 2025

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