Most people are aware that starting a business and working for yourself has the potential to become your get out of jail free card from the regular nine to five but the thing that holds most people back when they have a money making idea is knowing what to do next. Most of my friends are full of ideas 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
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
8 Videos That Will Change The Way You Think About Education
A revolution in education is coming. Young people are at the heart of an economy falling away from a system that is fast becoming redundant. Part of the reason for the high unemployment rate and lack of entrepreneurship across the world can be blamed on the saturation of numb conformist workers nurtured in schools to serve the industrial economy. Millions … Read More
Flat packs and the New Economy
This weekend I spent a lot of my time building IKEA furniture whilst helping my girlfriend redecorate her bedroom and it got me thinking… A lot of what we’ve been doing for the last century has been boiled down into an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to a life of mediocrity just like flat pack furniture. Fortunately/unfortunately for young people, … Read More
Why schools aren’t producing superstars.
In Russia, the Spartak Tennis club has produced more top-20 women players than the entire United States. Its key philosophy is that technique is everything and so students spend 3 years learning how to hit the ball correctly before ever competing. Spartek Tennis Club has three key learning principles; 1) Slow it down – Training in slow motion. 2) Imitate … Read More