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I’ve been a competitive swimmer. I’ve competed in a pool and in open water and I can tell you, getting it right in a lake or the sea is very different to a pool, and yet, and yet, it’s pretty much the same. The fundamentals of stroke, energy management and breathing are not that far…
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If you’ve read any of my rubbish, you’ll know I used to be a competive swimmer. What I didn’t say was that I was conned into it. My Mum took me to a training session on a Wednesday, to see if I liked it and I took to it like a duck to water (if…
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I have never worn a pair of Adidas; I always choose Nike (but don’t worry, this isn’t another uninformed take on what made Nike successful). I’m a Leeds United fan (football or soccer depending on where you are from); nothing will change this, even though I don’t watch football very often and couldn’t tell who…
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I’m sure you’re aware the Dunning Kruger effect, or if you like, the arrogance of ignorance. It’s been written about elsewhere of course, but worth just dwelling on it for a second, as the echo chamber if LinkedIn is perhaps making it worse then ever. That point when folks have just a little knowledge or…
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If you haven't read Originals you probably should. It's not a strategy book, it's how to survive /how to become an original thinker..which is actually what the job is about, so maybe it is a work book after all. There's lots in here, from a winning pitch by admitting what's wrong with, it to the…
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Hello how are you? If you're reading this, you're part of an even smaller minority than when blogs by planner types was a thing. If was a lovely time that felt like a little community of oddballs, which is pretty much what it feels like to be in a planning department when you think of…
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We all look back at things we did and said when we were young a cringe with embarrassment. I remember talking to my Dad about the cool agency I was interviewing with (I was 24) crowing to him, "There's no one there over thirty". He went very quiet and said, "And you really think that's…
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So called flashes of insight are nothing of the sort. Talent is only table stakes. Character and discomfort are the only safe bets. A game changing idea, a revelation that reframes how you look at things. They actually happen gradually and all of a sudden. They are really slow hunches. Most leap forwards in any…
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I go on about being an athlete a lot, sorry about that, but still I always hated to start to a new year when I was a swimmer Train for months, reach peak form Take a few weeks off, then you start all over again It always shocked me how quickly form…
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