Help Me FocusMate!

Listen to the Episode Wayne: Today, we’re going to be talking about modern day accountability. Cem: Sounds exciting. Wayne: In the 21st century when working from home. That’s how I’m going to pitch it. Cem: Sounds shite. Wayne: It’s a little bit more interesting than that. That’s, I think an interesting debate. But the concept is, this new program, both … Read More

Year In Review – 2018

Listen to the Episode In this episode, Cem and Wayne take a look back at 2018 and audit some of the highs and lows. We put together some lessons learned and create a vision and theme for the New Year ahead! If you want any questions answered, or if you have any ideas for anythings you’d like us to address, … Read More

A Few Thoughts on Personal Branding

Listen to the Episode Wayne: Today we’re talking personal brand, and whether or not people should have one, and why it’s important to have one. Shall we mention the talk that we were giving? Cem: Yeah, I think so. Wayne: Yeah, so this came about because we were delivering a talk, which you will have heard some of the … … Read More

Your Next Job Interview Could Be With a Robot

Listen to the Episode Wayne: Today, we’re talking … We’re going back to our roots a little bit, I feel. Cem: Very techy. Wayne: It feels, well, not just techy, but employability. Cem: Makes you know what Powerful Nonsense is all about. Wayne: Yeah. That’s kind of where we started. We’re combining the two today. We’re going to be talking … Read More

Q&A – How Do You Overcome Failures?

Listen to the Episode Student: So, I’ve got a question. Wayne: Yeah. Student: How did you deal with failure when you have failed at some things? Cem: Every day there’s a problem I have if someone doesn’t turn up to work. Today, one of our grills stopped working, and the next day people are like, they’re too cold in the … Read More

Q&A – Passion or Pay When Looking For A First Job Out Of Uni?

Listen to the Episode Student: Let’s say on your initial first job after uni, yeah? Cem: Yeah. Student: Did you say you would prefer something that you’re passionate about, but not necessarily pay you a decent wage, if that makes sense, or be a different amount? Cem: Normally you’re gonna need a good enough pay that you can cover your … Read More

Why Millennials Love Subscriptions

Listen to the Episode Wayne Ingram: Today, is a very millennial based episode. We are talking subscriptions for everything, for literally everything. I think we got quite a lot to talk about here. This is inspired by Uber’s and Deliveroo’s recent decision’s to launch subscription based services, which has then bought into question, or rather bought to light, the fact that … Read More

Discounted Degrees for “Softer” Subjects

Listen to the Episode Wayne: Today, we’re going to be talking about those tuition fees. The headline is from the Beeb, ‘Tuition Fees Could Be Cut to 6,500 Pounds But Higher for Science Subjects.’ This has been bandied about for quite a while actually and I do recall that Prime Minister Theresa May had actually said that she was now … Read More

Is Phone Addiction Really A Problem?

Listen to the Episode Wayne: Today we’re gonna be talking about smartphones and addiction. Cem: We’re all guilty. Wayne: So, interestingly, if anybody has an iPhone, the update which came out a couple of months ago now, has a feature called Screen Time on it. Which gives you a nice weekly report, telling you how addicted to your phone you … Read More

Co-Living: The New Way To Live?

Listen to the Episode Wayne: we’re going to be talking about living spaces, specifically co-living spaces and whether or not it’s going to be good for the future of the millennial generation in terms of living arrangements. Wayne: There’s an article in the Guardian which cropped up, which we will link to, which was talking about this new wave of … Read More