So here it is, my ultimate resolution reading list from January 2013 until now. I hope you can find at least one book amongst these that can help you get closer to the goals you want to achieve in your life. All of these books can be bought new, second hand or as Ebooks on Amazon. All I can say … Read More
Forget About Your Past & Read Yourself Into Your Future
If you haven’t seen Eric Thomas’ Game Changer video from this morning I suggest you watch it. In his latest video he talks about the importance of reading, not for school or college or because your parents say you should but for yourself and off your own back. On the 31st of Decemeber 2012, I made a New Year’s resolution … Read More
Falling Off The Conveyor Belt
This week thousands of young people around the UK received their A level results and as usual the papers have been out in full patrol sharing stories about the A grade prodigies who will now go on to the worlds best universities, find their dream job and have the perfect life. On the other hand, there will also be thousands … Read More
Should I work for free?
Working for a youth volunteering charity I’m used to young people asking why on earth they should ‘work for free.’ Firstly, volunteering is not work and secondly just because you’re not being paid in pound sterling doesn’t mean you’re not getting something out of it. Just last week my gym manager was taking photos of his studio on his iPhone … Read More
Start Investing In Your Estate of Mind
Our minds are a fertile land waiting to be built upon, yet without the books and mortarboards the value of our lives can depreciate greatly and our capacity for growth and understanding can become extremely under utilised. Humans are composed of a series of “states of minds,” a cluster of neural firing patterns that create a persons behaviours, feelings and … Read More
The University Killer: Online Peer–to-Peer Learning
According to a recent YouGov SixthSense report, the debt of UK university students adds up to nearly £20bn. Students starting university this year could end up paying a whopping £60k for their education. Having graduated myself just a few years ago, the prospect of paying three times the amount my Mum paid for her first home may have been enough to … Read More
5 Things Graduates Can Learn from Tree Roots
When I graduated from university to pursue a career in television the first thing the manager of a well-known production house told me was, “We don’t hire people with media degrees.” Having just spent the best part of £21,000 and now having to sign on to Job Seekers Allowance you can guess I wasn’t feeling too great. This summer, thousands … Read More
The education guarantee
I don’t understand why so many graduates leave university and then blame their education for not equipping them with the skills to find employment. Education is not a guarantee and never was (it was just very efficient at working for the old system). Education was created to help the industrial economy recruit ‘made to order’ workers who could take on … Read More
12 Books Every Graduate Student Must Read To Thrive In The Digital Economy
When I left education, the post uni blues set in, I felt lost and vulnerable. In the same month after sending out countless résumés to no avail, I was forced to sign on. I felt as if I had wasted three years of my life but the truth of the matter was, I had no clear vision and hadn’t prepared myself … Read More