26. Rise Of The Sidepreneur

In this episode Cem and Wayne discuss why sidepreneurship may be a good starting point for those interested in taking control of their finances and improving their quality of life.  We talk about the reasons why people avoid pursuing a passion project and why managing your time and energy through self love and relationships could be exactly what you need … Read More

9 Ways To Overcome Underdog Psychosis Inspired By Skepta

1. Just because you don’t fit in to the system doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. “We run our schools like factories. We line kids up in straight rows, put them in batches, and work very hard to make sure there are no defective parts. Nobody standing out, falling behind, running ahead, making a ruckus.” – Seth Godin Systems are … Read More

#19. Upgrade Your Thinking: Life 2.0 w/ English Monroe

In this episode Cem and Wayne take a back seat to interview English Monroe, Creative Director of FIVEPOUNDTEE.COM to discuss why we need to upgrade our thinking in order to reach our full potential. English talks about his journey through music, mma and fashion, battling depression and suicidal thoughts and how he used the internet as a resource to not … 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

That’s Life… Or is it?

This New Year, young people across the world will continue to fight for jobs, to buy their first homes and to create new businesses but for those who have already admitted defeat two words will suffice… That’s Life. This simple but toxic phrase has become a common staple in the vocabulary of those who have given up taking responsibility for … 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

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

Identifying And Repairing Your Internal Broken Windows

In 1982, Criminologist James Q. Wilson and George Kelling came up with the Broken Window Theory. The Broken Window Theory suggests that a broken window left unrepaired will make a building look uncared for or abandoned and so is likely to attract more vandals to break all the other windows and may even escalate into a more serious crime. If … Read More

Stop Creating Insecurity Work

Humans have a great capacity for avoidance. Whether it’s signing up for the gym or finding the time to write that novel you’ve been thinking about for the past four years, whenever the possibility of failure is present so is our ability to create insecurity work. Insecurity work is the kind of stuff that feels productive but in fact has … 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