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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

Knowing what not to charge for.

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

Being telepathic.

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

The Great Reaveraging of Me.

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

Redefining and undermining industry norms.

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

Speaking in ‘chunks’.

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

Visual shorthand.

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

ai.

May 15, 2026 No Comments

To not use ai for anything, is a daft as using ai for everything. That’s all I have to say about that.

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

Autoresponders.

May 13, 2026 No Comments

Just this morning, I received the following email from a very nice administrator at the online retailer Vinted. They were great actually. Remaining perfectly…

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Still.

May 13, 2026 No Comments

I do still help businesses at board level. One business at a time. Just not in the way I used to. Because of this:…

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

Worry.

May 13, 2026 No Comments

I suppose, now I am out of the closet as a writer, I worry more. I worry that, because I am writing out loud,…

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

yellow sticker.

May 12, 2026 1 Comment

I get weird in supermarkets. The only time I actively look for one of those self-serve tills in Tesco, is when I have a…

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Hard Work.

May 12, 2026 No Comments

Starting something brand new at 57 years old is hard work. And to make things worse, as well as it being hard work, the…

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

little.

May 7, 2026 No Comments

The best things in my life, are little. Little is simple. Pure. More concentrated and flavoursome. I understand little better than I understand big.…

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them.

May 6, 2026 No Comments

I want to write the best book ever written on the subject I’m writing about. Once I work out the subject I’m writing about.…

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

tension.

May 4, 2026 No Comments

Once I saw the difference between being ‘writing ready’ and ‘publisher ready’ – the paralysis lifted. And off I went. Here’s how writing a…

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What the world looks like. To me. From here.

pills.

May 1, 2026 1 Comment

I launched 50odd on my 50th birthday. On day-one I said out loud (to myself as nobody else was listening) that I’d write one…

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Flinch.

February 4, 2026 No Comments

Here’s how to read a flinch. A flinch creates a momentary pause within which you have to make a decision. Go with your instincts…

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The Average of Average.

February 3, 2026 No Comments

Recognising brilliant. In a person or thing. Is an evermore important skill. Because if you’re crap at recognising brilliant. You get something useless at…

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Bothered.

January 22, 2026 No Comments

A rare, rare skill that – I think – is getting ever-rarer. Is being bothered. Have a think about that for a moment. (If…

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Rude.

January 21, 2026 No Comments

It’s a great question. And, I suppose, it’s also how to be really rude to somebody at a party. (If I ever got invited…

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Professional Dislike.

January 20, 2026 No Comments

It is important to have someone in your life that you professionally dislike. For me, it’s Keri. In her professional field Keri is, and…

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Lonely.

January 16, 2026 No Comments

I wonder Whilst  I go to Wetherspoons to (mostly) hide from conversation. Do others go there to start one? I suspect they do. Life…

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Overcommunicate.

January 13, 2026 No Comments

I talk too much. ‘Always have. Sometimes it’s nerves. Sometimes it’s insecurity. Sometimes it’s to hear my thoughts out loud so I can at…

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Norm.

January 12, 2026 No Comments

The only norm I ever liked was Norm in Cheers. All other norms… bloody boring. Here’s my favourite Norm greeting, by the way: Sam/Woody:…

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