Are You Getting Too Much Recognition?

When was the last time you recognised someone for their effort? And not just saying ‘thank you’, although that’s important too.  Recognition should go beyond the people we serve and who serve us; it should also extend to those we work with and beyond. From colleagues to bosses, suppliers to neighbours, they all deserve a […][...]

1,900 books – how do you choose?

Today is Super Thursday. Where publishers will launch an estimated 1,900 books… in a day!   With so many options, it’s easy to feel paralysed by choice. Where do you start?  The one that inspires you, the one that challenges you, the one that gives you an unexpected ‘Aha!’ moment or just stick with the […][...]

Why Distribution Beats Content 

Here’s a thought that might make you rethink everything: It’s not what you’ve got, it’s how people get it. You can have the best content, the most brilliant ideas or a game-changing product, but if it’s hidden, what’s the point? You could write the next bestseller, create the world’s tastiest recipe, or come up with […][...]

Get back on it

Here we are, mid-September – the perfect moment to get back on it.  From now until Christmas there are just 97 days.     That’s one 90-day Massive Action Project followed by a week to relax into the festivities and finish your year on a high. Imagine this: It’s the week before Christmas, you’re raising […][...]

John Logie Baird didn’t invent television!

Introducing – drum roll… Philo Farnsworth. Heard of him? No, he has nothing to do with pastry. Time to set the record straight. John Logie Baird didn’t invent television! The real credit should go to a 15-year-old farm boy… yes Philo (not the pastry) Farnsworth. Philo was 15 years old, ploughing fields, when he dreamed […][...]

Was this why 84 people unsubscribed?

Was this why 84 people unsubscribed? In August, Brilliant AI wrote all five of my newsletters. Not a draft, not a suggestion – the whole thing. And sent them.   I was taking the month off, so I saw what was written and posted at the same time as you. Here’s the interesting part: the content was […][...]

My 500,000 hours moment

Guess what? Today, Tuesday, 23rd of July at 7.15 am, I’ve celebrated a massive milestone. I’m 500,000 hours old! Yes, you read that right – half a million hours of life. Doesn’t that sound incredible? 500,000 hours. That’s 30 million minutes. Over 1.8 billion seconds. It’s a fun fact that happens about 2 weeks after […][...]

The Road Less Travelled

It’s 1955 and you’re living in Sweden. The government has decided to ask the public whether they should switch from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. As most people love their routines, the idea of such a monumental shift wasn’t well received. A whopping 83% of Swedes voted to keep […][...]

The Brilliance of Buffers

You won’t have heard of fellow Geordie John Baillie, but if it wasn’t for him, trains would have been smashing into each other with alarming force for the last 170 years.    In the mid-19th century, John Baillie invented… the Baillie Schneckenfeder (that’s German not Geordie), a spring coil which we now call a train […][...]

How I’m Voting

It’s July 4th and across the UK people are heading to the polls for the General Election. Now, I’m not going to tell you which party I’m voting for. That’s between me, the ballot box, my wife and everyone else who knows me! Instead, I thought I’d share with you ten principles and values I […][...]

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