In this episode Cem and Wayne talk about whether our education system has trained young people for vision or out of it, the difference between creating art for ourselves against creating for others and whether our economy is really set up for the artist to prosper. [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/powerfulnonsense/2014-03-11T09_47_26-07_00.mp3″ title=”But I’m Not Creative…” artist=”Powerful Nonsense” color=”51d95b” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] … 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
Why You Should Help Others To Feel More
Yesterday I watched the film ‘Her’ by Spike Jonze about a lonely writer who develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system, designed to meet his every need. Like all good films, it got me thinking… At one point OS1 (his female operating system) says that she wants to “feel everything” and so it’s up to Theodore (played … Read More
I Stole From The Science Museum & Paid For It
Most people’s relationship with money stems from their early years. I didn’t know this until I started reading Suze Orman’s book, “The 9 Steps To Financial Freedom,” and then things started coming together. “The road to financial freedom begins not in a bank or in the financial planner’s office, but in your head.” – Suze Orman Ever since I was … Read More
Why You Need To Create Success Triggers
One of the first and hardest steps in entrepreneurship is believing that it’s a viable means of earning and income. With years of encoding through school and at home, most of us assume that creating a business or charging someone for our skills or services is either impossible or way out of our comforts zone and so it’s up to … 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
Building A Business To Fund Your Passion
Cem and Wayne introduce themselves to you in this first episode of Powerful Nonsense Podcast and present questions and views on how to build a business to fund your passions including topics such as; finding your ‘why’ for what you do, minimum viable living and learning how to live on less, and the importance of building a mastermind group / … Read More
Why Entrepreneurs Need To Stay Buoyant
For those starting out in entrepreneurship, it’s normal to feel as if you’re swimming upstream, which is why it’s so important to learn how to stay afloat and keep kicking. In Daniel Pink’s book “To Sell Is Human” he talks about there being two key ingredients to surviving the leap: 1. The ability to stay afloat amongst the onslaught of … Read More
Balancing Balls
It’s all well and good making plans for a year of great intentions but if your focus is on doing the things that you’ve been educated to think are important but don’t really matter in the wider scope of things, then you’re simply wasting another year. “Better to have a short life doing something that is full of what you … 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