In this episode Cem and Wayne discuss ways in which we can rekindle of childhood curiosity in order to become more creative and open ourselves up for growth. We discuss the reasons why people become less curious in later life and share techniques and practices in order to reconnect with this catalyst for creativity. [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/powerfulnonsense/2014-03-28T04_34_10-07_00.mp3″ title=”How To Rekindle Curiosity … Read More
4 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Need More Sleep & Honey
The business world loves to talk about ways of hacking productivity or working long hours and throughout the night as some sort of badge of honour. Even one of my favourite motivational speakers Eric Thomas states that, “Sleep is for those people who are broke,” and so it’s no wonder why young people and entrepreneurs are convinced that good work … Read More
#6 – What Will Jobs Of The Future Look Like?
In this episode Wayne and Cem discuss why you should be considering what your job will look like in the coming years, whether you’ll be working with or against intelligent machines as well as insights on how you can future-proof your career. [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/powerfulnonsense/2014-02-17T06_00_13-08_00.mp3″ title=”What Will Jobs Of The Future Look Like?” artist=”Powerful Nonsense” color=”51d95b” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] … Read More
New! Powerful Nonsense Podcast.
The new Powerful Nonsense Podcast is now live! Every fortnight Wayne & I will talk entrepreneurship, mindfulness and getting ahead in the digital economy. In no way do we believe we have all the answers, we just enjoy chatting about this stuff and hope that there may be some golden nuggets of information amongst our nattering that may be of … Read More
Addicted To Authority
From the moment we’re born and throughout our education our brains are fired and wired to seek authority. Authority is the invisible structure that governs what we feel and how we live our lives but take it away and we quickly feel vulnerable and isolated. The biggest problem with authority is that it doesn’t innovate. For years we have been … Read More
Self-Fulfilling Unemployment
Whether you’re at school, college or university it’s pretty likely you’ve been told by your teacher, parent or any other scaremonger just how difficult it will be to find a job once you leave, but can all this negativity be having a subconscious effect on our ability to actually find work? In 1968, psychologist Robert Rosenthal walked in to a … Read More
Why We’re All Self-Employed
At some point or another, we’ve all felt underpaid for the value we create for our employers. The truth is, when you work for someone other than yourself you instantly become an investment for that company. Investments must then make more money than their upkeep; otherwise that’s just bad business. “We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace.” – … Read More
14 Podcasts Every Online Entrepreneur / Wantrepreneur Should Subscribe To
Whenever I have dead time either on the bus, on the train or during my run I’ll always take the opportunity to learn something new. The quality of freely available podcasts online continues to astound me but I don’t think enough people are making use of the medium. “We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more … Read More
What To Do If Your Profession Can Be Programmed
Robots are and will continue stealing our jobs, period. Unfortunately, the automation of thousands of jobs worldwide is a double-edged sword, on one hand it reduces business costs and prices for consumers but on the other, it removes humans from the work force and leads to mass unemployment. In Tyler Cowens latest book Average is Over he states that, “If … Read More
Delay Gratification By Learning To Trust Yourself
We live in a society that demands instant gratification. Whether it’s through online shopping, gambling or porn, we all want something yesterday. A recent study showed that our inability to forgo a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future may depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, but what if the reward giver … Read More