The 3 Things Money Won’t Buy (they’re pretty important too)

This was for me a revalation of the obvious.
It goes like this: having a huge pile of money won’t solve all your problems. You can’t have anything you want, even if you’re obscenely rich.
Even Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have problems they can’t solve with money.
And so we get to the three big massive things [...]

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The End of Happily Ever After

There is no For Once and For All.
Happily Ever After just doesn’t exist.
When you finally get to where you thought you wanted to be, things have moved on from where they were, and now you need something else ‘to be happy.’
The answer? Enjoy the journey. There is no happily ever after.

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Sales Letter Roundup

For people who are always jumping on the next BIG thing. (Like I do sometimes.)
This may help you get it in perspective: Best Biz Op Sales Letter Ever
Or, for the more realistically minded: Billions in Minutes

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Longer and Better

Thing about life – most things worth doing take longer than you thought they would, but are better than you imagined when you get there.
More fun in unexpected ways, richer in scope, savoured over time.
So enjoy the ride to where you’re going – ‘cos while it may take longer than you thought, it’ll be better [...]

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Diversionary Tactics

Just read Seth Godin’s post about adding brackets as a diversion to sneak in the stuff that’s really important. Actually, you end up doing this kind of thing all the time in architecture.
If in doubt, have one wall painted a deep fuschia colour. Almost all clients will object to this, and you can take it [...]

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The Showman

You owe it to your customers to put on a good show. Present yourself and your product in the best light. Be charming, daring, delightful, make people feel good to be buying from you.
Always be honest, but remember that great busker or street performer or pie seller who was memorable and engaging, and made you [...]

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Would you like you as a Boss?

I’ve noticed that when it comes to working on my own projects, I’m a terrible boss. I’m unreasonable, demanding and ungrateful.
If I had a boss like that at work, it would be no fun at all. Someone who never focuses on the good stuff, who is always wanting more, and asking ‘why didn’t you do [...]

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Unreasonable Living

I’m the  one  who’s going to die when it’s time for me to die,
so let me live my life the way I want to
Jimi Hendrix
When you look at it this way, it doesn’t seem so unreasonable for you to go travel around the world for fun. Or do that cool course you’ve always wanted to. [...]

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Art and Practicalities

There’s a strange symbiosis between art and practicality.
For instance, there’s artists who can market themselves and run a business. And there’s business minded people who are creative and artistic in their endeavours.
I’ve found that for every seemingly artistic success, there’s an underlying core of practicality and pragmatism. And for every practical masterpiece, there’s an underpinning [...]

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In which the internet goes down and I finally get some work done

Gee, the internet is a marvellous distraction source. Way better than daytime tv.
Personalised distractions. Multitasking, hyperlinks and parallel processing.
Last week the internet went down, and I finally got some real work done.
It was good.

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