I just finished reading Self-Renewal – the Individual & the Innovative Society (Paper) by John W. Gardner which I found extremely thought provoking and motivating as a young person, here are my favourite book clippings! “A society decays when its institutions and individuals lose their vitality.” “A society must court the kinds of change that will enrich and strengthen it, rather than … 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
#18 Life By Default: Embracing Change
In this episode Cem and Wayne discuss why we humans are so adverse to change. We talk about how personal and social expectations make us stick with familiar patterns and why our need for short term gratification holds us back from creating a happier future self. [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/powerfulnonsense/2014-05-07T10_53_01-07_00.mp3″ title=” Life By Default: Embracing Change” artist=”Powerful Nonsense” color=”51d95b” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” … Read More
#15. Why You Need To Take Stock Of Your Miserable Existence
In this episode Cem and Wayne discuss why we should be regularly assessing our work-life balance for a healthier and more rewarding life. We discuss the reasons why people get trapped in their work dominated lifestyles and how they can turn things around by focusing on small wins and narrowing down on what’s really important. [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/powerfulnonsense/2014-04-04T06_53_03-07_00.mp3″ title=”Why You Need … 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
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
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
YOLO, Unemployment and Concentration Camps
Since leaving university, I myself and several of my close friends have experienced bouts of depression whilst being unemployed, but can a lack of nine to five really be what’s getting us down or is there something else that’s actually missing? It’s wasn’t until I recently picked up the book ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl that I realised … 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