“The most important thing about being a dad is turning up, being there.” I heard that a few years ago and think it’s so true. Children crave their parents’ attention and recognition and the best way to recognise them is to be attentive and give them our time. There...

Now that I've dragged in content from eight months' worth of daily blog posts and added it to thoughts, ideas, beliefs and suggestions that I'd stored elsewhere, and slowly honed the purpose and structure of the book, it's time for me to get the tools out and smash...

I reckon a massive contributor to living a happy life comes from paying attention to relationships: establishing, nurturing and managing them effectively: In business or at work With those in authority (I'm looking at you, Kingston and Harrow councils, who've both...

As the book I'm putting together takes shape, three sections are emerging:An introduction to what the book is, who it's for and what it's forSome personal stories, adding background and context on why I do what I doStories that'll hopefully help people...

One of my favourite quotes is from Charlie ‘Tremendous’ Jones: You will be, in five years, who you are today except for the books you read and the people you meet. I'd add to that: ...and the places you visit. Some of these things are controllable, some aren't. For...

I've written before about being able to live and work anywhere in the world, which is a lifestyle we're seeing more and more of as the economy becomes based on projects that can be served by freelancers. Location independence, as it's known, lived by 'digital nomads'....

I used to go to quite a few seminars, conferences, networking events and so on, and at one of them, a speaker talked of a concept (which became a book) used by a couple of Olympic rowers: Will it make the boat go faster? The idea is simple: they decided that if they...

As you might have noticed, this blog, my next book and Mr Lizard all take the same form: titles of posts and chapters are titles of songs I like. Sometimes they're songs that I've been listening to for decades, and hold real meaning for me, while others are new but...

I’ve used business cards to promote my books, to encourage people to sponsor me and I’ve even used them for business.Two things:Firstly, I don't use Vistaprint any more. I pay a professional (Big Jon) to design them and use printed.com (not an affiliate...

I tend to like big ideas, epic projects and goals that go beyond the norm. So when I was learning about blogging, and came across this post - Write epic shit - it stayed with me. If you read just a single article about blogging, I recommend this one....