Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing creative consultant and all-round marketing expert, David Parrish. Author of T-Shirts and Suits and Chase One Rabbit, I’ve found both these books a huge help in my own journey to balance the business end of things with my creative work. David has kindly donated a fantastic story from his […]
It’s maddening: you place me in front of a complete stranger and, as long as it’s just us, I can talk for England about pretty much any topic I have some kind of grasp on. But take that same topic, that I feel confident in my expertise, and put me in front of a CAMERA? […]
This time last year I had all but given up on Facebook. My newsfeed had become a barrage of irrelevant ads and I was frustrated by the lack of control over what I was seeing. Then I discovered Facebook groups. After joining one particularly helpful, engaged group, I found dozens more. I of course found plenty […]
As an introvert myself, I thought that Facebook groups would be a total waste of time. I barely pay attention to my newsfeed – what good would a group be? Then I joined one because the group admin was a true mentor to me – I figured I was doing him a favour! Little did […]
I’ll be honest: I don’t know anyone who actually loves networking events. But I know plenty of people who thrive in a shmoozy environment, and plenty who… do not. Every so often, when writing in my daily gratitude journal (seriously this stuff works!) I thank Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Ben Silbermann… Yeah. Those guys responsible […]
I believe wholeheartedly in teaching what you know. Nothing beats a teacher with experience – not the textbook kind, but the school-of-hard-knocks kind. If there’s one thing I know about it’s… being an introvert. In my former life as a freelance designer, I could mostly work around the more ‘unsociable’ aspects of my character. The […]
So you’re in a nice routine of pushing out a blog post once a week. May be more. May be less. But you’re getting it done. Then all of a sudden… life gets cray. Everything else seems to take priority and your blog posts go unpublished – and your consistency goes down the pan. Blogging […]
The first time I took the Myers-Briggs personality test I was left somewhat confused. I didn’t fully understand what ‘introversion’ meant, and couldn’t care less for that matter. What could a test tell me about myself I didn’t already know? I realise now, in the midst of the ‘quiet revolution‘ that seems to be taking […]
I know I know – Linkedin isn’t the sexiest of social media platforms. Unless recruiters and PR companies do it for you. But when I came across Sarah Santacroce’s blog, I was actually kind of fascinated by all the features Linkedin offers now, that I certainly wasn’t aware of when I saw it merely as […]
Just around one year ago, I diagnosed myself with SMSD. You’re wondering what SMSD is? The symptoms are: Inability to sleep (without checking instagram one last time) Brain fog (caused by overdosing on cat videos) Lowered self-esteem (due to comparing self to others achievements) Chronic stress (from managing several different social media accounts at once) There […]
