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
Waiting For The Penny To Drop
I can’t help but notice the unsettled feeling many young people have when they talk about their nine-to-fives. Most often they speak about feeling undervalued, having money insecurities, or worst of all believing that this is it. I don’t know whether it’s just my generation’s heightened egos, a raise in consciousness or a fundamental part of the human condition but … 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
3 Ways To Fall Back In Love With Learning
For most people, learning is a chore. The fact that less than 50% of young people read for pleasure can be blamed on the years spent memorising and regurgitating random facts for standardised tests. Considering we’re now living in the intellectual revolution, this is a real shame and has some serious implications on the future well being of millions. Although … Read More
Why Your Job Shouldn’t Define You
Here’s the first chapter of my FREE eBook Status Go: 10 Unlearnings To Thrive In The Digital Economy. If you enjoy it, you can download the rest by signing up to my newsletter. Chapter 1. False Assumption #1: Your Job Defines You (Tweet Quote) When you’re a child you get asked this questions a lot: “What do you want to be … Read More
The Bushido Code: Why Entrepreneurs Must Become Samurai Warriors Of The Web
Bushidō (武士道?), Literally “the way of the warrior,” is a Japanese word for the way of the Samurai (to serve) life. Having just finished reading Bushido, the Soul of Japan, which is available for free in public domain, it got me thinking about entrepreneurship in the digital economy and how we can apply these ancient moral codes (not the killing parts) to … 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