What’s your thing?
November 30th 2023 by
On September 15th, 2007, after working on ‘his thing’ for 89 days – 16 hours a day, Jeremy Harper achieved his goal of counting aloud from 1 to 1,000,000. He streamed the whole thing. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He even streamed his sleeping and eating. To celebrate reaching 1,000,000 which of […]
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All about 17
November 23rd 2023 by
I’m a bit of a numbers fan. I often count the sum of steps on stairs and I’m chuffed when it’s a prime number. Nerd? Maybe. I love playing with numbers and take delight when they do clever stuff. Geek? Probably. And I especially love 17. Here are 17 reasons why 17 is […]
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I wish I’d recorded that…
November 16th 2023 by
I’d just finished an online meeting with a potential new client about a keynote presentation. Ideas were bouncing and (forgive a moment of ego) I shared some brilliant off-the-cuff ideas. At the end of the meeting, they commented that it sounded perfect, they loved it and wanted to book me. Then I realised… In my […]
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You don’t become better by accident
November 9th 2023 by
One of the best things about my job is interviewing highly successful people. And I love to weave in a question or two about how they did it. After 30+ years no one has claimed ‘It just happened’ or occurred ‘by accident’. It’s invariably about intention, focused effort and the magic ingredient… Learning from others. […]
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Don’t fall in love
November 2nd 2023 by
Have you heard of the Ford Edsel? In the 1950s, Ford Motors were on a roll. They believed they had their finger on the pulse of the American driver and the all new ‘Edsel’ was going to be their crowning glory. The Ford Execs were giddy and poured huge resources into the car’s development. They […]
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No one cares
October 26th 2023 by
Last week I shared a newsletter about two mountains. Everest and Gangkhar Puensum. You can read it here. Like a numpty, I messed up the opening line. I think most people worked out what I was hoping to say. I had some lovely fun comments from kind readers apologising for their pedantism (I had to look […]
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Climbing Gangkhar Puensum
October 19th 2023 by
Which mountain has been climbed least? Gangkhar Puensum or Everest? Must be the second one? After all, only 6,338 people have successfully climbed Everest – and one of those was Ben Fogel 😳 But the answer is Gangkhar Puensum – which is a derisory 40th in the tallest mountain charts, but remains the loftiest of the […]
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Finding Peace
October 12th 2023 by
I’m torn on what to write today. Currently, there are 32 ongoing conflicts in the world. Our screens and streams are filled with what can only be described as horror. It’s easy to be saddened by the current onslaught of violence. I am. We want peace. Yet feel isolated. I’ve asked myself. What can I do […]
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This week I’m 25
October 5th 2023 by
Not me personally, although some do say I look younger than my years. No? 😉 This week, my company Michael Heppell Ltd, is 25 years old. On 1st October 1998, Zoom – the Creative Consultancy was born. Yep, I was Zoom 12 years before Eric Yuan started his Zoom. I even had the domain name […]
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Are you an overthinker?
September 28th 2023 by
You send a WhatsApp message to a friend, and you know they’ve read it (two blue ticks) but they haven’t responded. What’s wrong? Your boss gives you ‘feedback’. Obviously, they have it in for you and think you’re rubbish. Your partner is quiet and doesn’t want to talk. What are they up to? And the […]
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