Do you want people to pay attention to your creative work? You might want to read this first. 1. Know your shit Bestselling author Steven Pressfield is a big believer in the value of learning on…
Laying a Stronger Foundation – My 2016 Recap
I’m extremely grateful for the position I’m in at the end of 2016. If you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ll know I’ve worked hard over the last few years to prioritise my health…
The Art of Taking Action: Quotes and Notes
Welcome to the fourth and final part of The Art of Taking Action series, in which I share a few other ideas from the book I found useful – from Krech and a few of the other contributors….
The stress of not getting things done
Welcome to part three of The Art of Taking Action series. In part one I wrote about the central ideas in the book The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology, by Gregg Kech, and in…
The truth about putting things off until tomorrow
Welcome to part two of The Art of Taking Action series. In part one I wrote about the central ideas in the book The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology, by Gregg Kech. As well as…
The Art of Taking Action
“Consider the implications of a life in which you don’t have the power, focus, or single-mindedness to do what you say you will do. Imagine the countless times your wiser self decides on a particular…
Living Constructively
“Each day should be devoted to miracles. The purpose of time is to enable man to learn to use it constructively.” A Course in Miracles It’s the very first day of 2016. We, collectively as…
Living the Life of the Mind (Without Going Crazy) – with Margaret Pinard
Margaret Pinard is one of the good pals I’m grateful to have made through writing this blog. She has been very supportive over the last few years – thanks Margaret! I asked her to write for you about life…
Mountain Shores mini podcast: is it a good idea to give your all?
Now and again I record a podcast with my pals Fabian and Michael (with various special guests) called Mountain Shores. Well, we hadn’t recorded in a while despite the fact we meet most weeks over…
A Month of Mini Time Capsule Videos
It’s hard to admit this on my blog that features the word ‘creative’ in the title, but I’ve been creatively blocked for a while now when it comes to my own projects (as you might have…
Finding Your Voice Online – Interview with Nicola Balkind
Are you a writer, or do you want to be? Then you’ll probably want to have a listen to this in-depth interview I recently recorded with Glasgow-based Writer and Content Specialist Nicola Balkind. Nicola is giving a workshop in Edinburgh…
Why ‘Grit Conquers All’ when it comes to creative work
“An ounce of practice is generally worth more than ton of theory.” – E.F. Schumacher (author of the book Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered) At last year’s Small is Beautiful conference…