When starting something new, whilst it's great to have a long term strategy, it is also important to focus on the present. The last thing thing you want to do is get overwhelmed or distracted with where you want to be in a few years time. The long term strategy gives you something to focus … Continue reading Moving towards future plans
The people and the work
The idea that what you are doing might not be good enough can be difficult to accept. Especially when that might be the reason why people aren't supporting your work. It's much easier to hide behind the excuse that people just aren't supporting you because you're not popular but if it was *insert name of … Continue reading The people and the work
Reacting to mistakes
Here are 2 options for how to react when someone makes a mistake. The first is to get mad as if the person made the mistake on purpose, maybe shout at them and ask why they did it. The second is to let them know what they could have done better. It's similar to the … Continue reading Reacting to mistakes
Maybe they don’t trust you yet
When you're putting out work out there having people support you enough to promote your work takes trust. Trust is something that is earned, yet many people expect it simply because they're putting in time and effort. However, earning someone's trust isn't just about what you do, it's about how a person feels about what … Continue reading Maybe they don’t trust you yet
Free promotion
Something that you may have observed in almost any field of work is that once momentum starts to pick up, the people that support you or your work will begin to promote you themselves. However, it's not that you no longer have to promote yourself. But what happens is when you build up a network/group … Continue reading Free promotion
How certain is probably?
The idea of language, the way we speak and what we choose to say is fascinating. There are words you may use without really understanding exactly what they mean or how they could be interpreted. I recently received a message that included the word probably. My first thought was how far from definite it was. … Continue reading How certain is probably?
Exploring something new
From a young age it is likely that you were taught to figure out what you wanted to do with your life. That in turn dictated the choices you made and paths you chose for many years that followed. Sometimes what ends up happening is you end up creating a very specific life where you … Continue reading Exploring something new
The perfect words
There are some cases when, if you don't know what to say the best thing to say is nothing at all. But that doesn't apply to every situation. In fact, in some scenarios saying nothing is one of the worst things that you can do. Sometimes we hold off from speaking up because we think … Continue reading The perfect words
Covid 19 and the connected world
After reading an article about the effects of the pandemic in Nepal, I got thinking about how we are significantly more connected than we were 100 years ago and even 20 years ago. We're aware of what is happening in our own city, country and continent but also around the rest of the world too. … Continue reading Covid 19 and the connected world
What makes you happy?
How often do you take the time to stop and think about what makes you happy? I don't mean in relation to acheiveing goals, I mean just in life overall. Most of the time we over-estimate what brings us real joy, thinking that we need something grand or something that is difficult to obtain. In … Continue reading What makes you happy?
The Daily Gemm 