Many, many years ago I was going to a nightclub with a group of friends. We got there and one guy in our group was denied entry by the bouncer because of his shoes (he had pointy toed boots – winkel pickers were having a resurgence at the time). So we all had to leave (we weren’t going to leave him on his own outside). We walked back to his hotel, where he changed his shoes, and then...
Another quote, I saw somewhere on social, but have no idea how to credit the original person…
Frustration isn’t a sign you’re not learning. But ease is.
Or: Why We Can’t See the Gap Above Us (I saw this idea while scrolling on social, but then got distracted and when I came back my feed refreshed and I lost it… but if I find the source again I’ll link to it here.) There’s a theory that we can’t understand or differentiate the levels of expertise above us. We can only differentiate them below us. If we have reached a...
Living all your different lives.
There’s not enough time to live all the different lives you’d love to live.
Different locations, different jobs, different circles of friends.
So because the time is limited, you’ve got to choose carefully.
Which life do you want to live?
It’s time to be ruthless. With all key ingredients. That make up your recipe for life.
(This post will make more sense when I refer back to it in a future post covering the topic of Process Slop) If you’re like me, you probably like playing with AI tools. Recently, I had a play with Le Chat (Mistral AI). When testing I like to put in some pretty standard HubSpot related prompts just to see the kind of output I get. Here’s a typical prompt I test with: “What are...
I’ve been sharing a quick, daily HubSpot tip/reminder on my social channels over the past months.
Yes, a new tip each day.
Now I’ve add the option to get it in your inbox – a new HubSpot related tip in your inbox every day.
You can sign up to receive it here (you can easily unsubscribe any time).
(And you can always see today’s tip here.)
I have a bad habit of saying: What’s if… eg: What’s if we get pizza tonight? My wife reminds me that there’s no such abbreviation. Instead I should just say: What if… But I can’t shake the habit (after all these years). So, I’ve decided to make up what the abbreviation is. Here’s what it is: What’s if = What is the situation if (I’m...
Was walking down the street the other day, and a car passed by. A woman in the back seat was looking at me, and started waving. I didn’t recognise her but she obviously thought she recognised me. In that moment I was a little paralysed – Are they actually looking at me? Do I wave back? What’s if I’m mistaken and they aren’t looking at me – will I look like a goose if I wave back...
I read a quote on social somewhere (possibly Instagram) recently but can’t find the source (possibly it’s a version of the Andre Gide quote).
The quote stayed with me though:
“Better to be disliked for who you are, than liked for who you aren’t.”
Let’s chat about those impressively useless people you’ve probably come across over the course of your career. In corporates mainly, and mostly guys by the way. They’re well meaning, nice people, so they’re not not terrible people by any any stretch. But they don’t get much done. They’re really good at presentations, lots of meetings, lots of catch-ups, lots of...