As we read No Rules Rules, or watch a business documentary, or consider applicants who
When you fail. When something goes wrong. When the conversation was difficult, or the client
I got distracted this week. I had brilliant new ideas about how to help our
At the beginning it’s “hard work, and saying yes to just about everything”. This is
There is SO much more to question asking (and answering) than we realise. As the
“I just trust my gut”, you think. You hire someone you feel right about, and
This week is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. As a dual British-American citizen, it’s still
I’ve been having various levels of back pain for the past seven weeks. (Just in
Not long after I set up PF, I identified what I saw as the core
The most significant change happens in small increments, day after day. Month after month, year
Last year I was asked to sketchnote the five values for a company called Diagnostax.
Recently in an Insta story I mentioned I was reading the book “Dare to Lead”
It’s winter, and that means darkness. I live in Scotland, and in the summer it’s
Has this ever been said to you? When you tell someone about a problem you’re
When I buy a book, I do this very odd thing where for a good
The Greatest Showman is one of my favourite films. It’s got catchy music, a great
Sometimes you just don’t know. Or you feel like you can’t. What moves you from
I do enjoy travel, and sometimes get a good bit of work done when doing
On Monday, for the first time in 28 weeks, i stepped on the scale and
Some days, or parts of days, you’re just not productive. You’re not targeting your goals
My company needs a marketing manager. I’m hijacking my Karen’s notes this week to ask
You know when you get one of those emails or texts that gets your heart
Some mornings, I wake up with a lot of thoughts already swirling around in my
“I like this island, because it slows you down whether you want to or not.
Still on holiday this week (now I’m on the Isle of Skye). So instead of
I’m on holiday on the Isle of Mull (my favourite island of them all). So,
I get stuff done on deadline. But only when the deadline involves other people. Deadlines
My new favourite leggings are from a company called Sweaty Betty. I like what they
I’ve been thinking for a long time about the creativity of accountants (the good kind).
The answer to being more productive may not be more work. It may be rest.
The more healthy i am, the more healthy my business is. Last week i met
Holiday can be hard to think about when you’re feeling a bit swamped. You want
I set up my business as a 100% remote, virtual business. I did this for
“You need to have the machine, and you also need the human element.” My friend
Sometimes I put off reading (or watching, or attending, or doing) something…and when I evaluate
Waiting to publish is the killer. It’s the killer of new business, of great conversations
You have the time to write. You just don’t recognise it for what it is.
This week I shared a tweet which got (so far) 62 likes and 18 retweets,
Here’s a real life example of how you can slowly change your branding in line
This week I finished “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson. It’s quite an easy read for
I’m so tired of hearing success stories with a little one-liner to hard times. “I
There’s a lot of talk about how you have to love what you do. How
People who are recommended to you almost never simply pick up the phone and call
When you identify something about yourself that’s different, something that tempts you to feel is
I’ve been avoiding reading this book for months. It’s been in my book stack, reminding
You don’t have time for social media. You’re already swamped with emails, client meetings, team
Struggling to find what to write about? Not sure where to start, how to direct
I’m on a train right now, as I write this, going into Edinburgh for our
Last week my accountant said something that has stuck with me – and come back
This week, I remembered something we brainstormed at PF about five years ago. Something that
Everything rushes by so fast. The train. The cars. The meetings. The emails. The slack
Sometimes you need to just get started. And sometimes you need to just stop. Last
Last week I had Col, our head of Branding, round and we talked about our
