Hyperfocus-How to Work Less and Achieve More by Chris Bailey-I have just finished this book having spent 2/3 days reading and taking notes. The book is divided into two broad sections covering Hyperfocus Scatterfocus Hyperfocus is directing your attention on something external whereas scatterfocus is letting your mind wander and directing your attention inward, connecting… Continue reading Hyperfocus-How to Work Less and Achieve More by Chris Bailey Reviewed
Category: Self Improvement
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter-the one thing I learned from rapper 50 Cent’s book
I am listening to the audiobook, “Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter”, at the moment. This is a book by Curtis Jackson aka rapper “50 cent”. It is not his autobiography but a book in which he shares what he has learned from selling drugs on the streets from the age of 12 and in corporate America.… Continue reading Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter-the one thing I learned from rapper 50 Cent’s book
The whingeing, whining, bellyaching minority
Without descending into particulars or naming names it has become glaringly obvious to me lately that in all walks of life, in every sphere of activity, regardless of the endeavour or the outcome or consequences, there is always a small number who will find fault. And who appear to thrive in a cocoon of negativity.… Continue reading The whingeing, whining, bellyaching minority
I made a script
I made a script yesterday-a little piece of code for a Google Spreadsheet. It allows me to interrogate my Gmail account and identify How many message threads there are with a particular label The dates of those threads This is of great practical use to me as it will now allow me to see precisely… Continue reading I made a script
Choose your pain
Choose your pain. You have a choice as to what type of pain you choose, but you do have a choice. And you must choose, even if you don’t recognise that you are making a choice every day. The choice is between doing now the difficult, dirty, disciplined, demanding work that matters, the work that… Continue reading Choose your pain
Storytelling with images
I like the idea of telling stories with images. Let me explain. I have had an on/off relationship with learning how to take decent photographs. This started when I first started online marketing and the need to take an acceptable, professional profile image of myself. Then, when I started messing about on the Instagram platform… Continue reading Storytelling with images
When we were shopkeepers-meeting Michael O’Leary (Ryanair) in the 80s
It was 1987 or 1988 when I first met Michael O’Leary, the now Ryanair boss. I was 23/24 years of age at the time and had started in my first business along with my brother at Hart’s Corner, Glasnevin, Dublin. We had a small convenience store there which in which we started trading in December … Continue reading When we were shopkeepers-meeting Michael O’Leary (Ryanair) in the 80s
Email is poetry
When I first read the words “code is poetry” in the back end of the WordPress publishing platform I did not understand what it meant, or what it meant to convey. I think I do now, however. I am no coder, although I have a basic understanding of programming code such as html and I… Continue reading Email is poetry
Sometimes, quitting is the only option
I keep an eye on a number of YouTube channels which claim to show the viewer how easy it is to make big money in a short period of time by day trading. Day trading involves trading in stocks and shares on a daily basis and trying to make a profit from speculation in the… Continue reading Sometimes, quitting is the only option
The COVID-19 Lockdown-a Good Time For Stillness and Some Focused Thinking?
The Covid-19 pandemic is causing gut wrenching fear for a large number of business owners-the type of fear that most of them will never have encountered before, nor contemplated as a real possibility. But it’s here now. The most frightening aspects for many are They have no control whatsoever over their circumstances or trading conditions-most… Continue reading The COVID-19 Lockdown-a Good Time For Stillness and Some Focused Thinking?