Reading Time: 4 minutes Morning all, Back at it and today I want to talk about motivating your team. One of the biggest things managers and founders want from their teams is extra effort and superior performance. So how is it that you can drive such performance with your team outside of what is part of the agreement you…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Morning all, I’ve been reading up on how to manage people effectively as I step more into a role that’s management heavy and reliant upon the success of the people around me. It’s interesting making this transition into being much more of a people manager – but then I suppose it does make sense….
Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning all – here’s the time right now: What I wanted to do in today’s blog is really (well as I do in all of them) – write this as a reminder to myself that I really need to get my arse in gear when it comes to actually learning Italian. So during the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning all! Here’s the time this morning. And this morning I’ve actually already recorded a couple of podcasts. I want to talk about the most deceptively simple podcast approach ever invented I think. So basically, when I go out for my morning walks to get a cup of tea, to learn something new and…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hey all, It’s 1605 on the 13th October and I’ve just come out of my second meditation session with Ana the Mexican (and Mexico City-based) yoga and meditation accountability coach. We’re now doing sessions 2-3x per week 20 minutes at a time. One of the subjects that came up (and I talk about my…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Morning all, I’m excited and nervous at the same time for the week after next as I’ll be officially taking my first ‘week’ off of work. What I mean by this is that I’m preparing to see what happens when I’m away from the team for an entire week. In a bid to have…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning all, The time is 8.58 on Tue 12th October and I’m back again with another update on my journey to build a freedom business. Let me walk you through exactly what I mean by that: Right now my focus is on getting Pearl Lemon into a place where it can run entirely independently…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning all, Much later than I normally start when it comes to writing these – but today I’m determined to get at least two done by hook or by crook. It’s been really interesting to review the calls of some of the sales team to understand more about what’s happening on the phones. And…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning all, Here’s the time this morning and I’m still figuring out how to effectively use my Lenovo Thinkpad. I’m growing more and more fond of this machine as it’s basically as powerful as my old Macbook and only half the price. I’m already half thinking about getting the most powerful Lenovo on the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning all, Glad to be back at it this morning. Although I’m actually getting to the point of writing a little later than planned. Nonetheless. It’s 620am and whilst none of the UK/USA team are awake/working (it’s 01.23 am EDT) – it’s 1324 in the Philippines and 1054 in India. This means that by…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hey guys, The time is 1320 and I’ve found some time to engage in writing a blog post. And given I’m really hungry right now – I thought I’d base this post around exactly that. My fasting/intermittent fasting escapades. So what I’m trying to do – is to cut down my calories intake by…
Reading Time: 6 minutes Morning all, If you’re reading this on my blog for the first time then welcome! I (check this page out) like to write pretty much 7-days a week if I can. It’s almost a form of self therapy and like having a business partner. As a solo founder absent any ‘board of advisors’ (it’s…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Afternoon all, Here’s the time and I wanted to hammer out this blog as best as I can as I’m excited about the fact I’ve decided to formally begin thinking about building a recruitment agency. For a while now – many people have commented upon how unorthodox our recruitment process is and how we’re…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hey guys, A few days back I got some shocking news which I’m going to share with you today. Around 10 months ago I signed up for a blood testing service Thriva. I did this to understand more of my general levels of vitamins, minerals, and hormones present in my system. One of the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning all, I’m writing this from my Lenovo thinkpad which I’m beginning to enjoy using more and more. It feels good to be getting used to using a Windows machine. I also enjoy the fact it’s so cheap for something relatively powerful (16GB RAM) given I just forked out £3,000+ for a Macbook (which…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Morning all, My Personal Trainer Journey I recently met with a personal trainer whom I’m about to embark upon a journey with when it comes to my fitness. Francesco is his name – a half-German/half-Italian trainer whose a little bit of a man-mountain (i.e you can tell the man trains heavily). To boot –…