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On Goal Setting

When I worked the ‘day job’ my only goals were surviving the week and booking next year’s holiday. 

I’m not...

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What are you willing to give up to achieve your dream?

 

Jules and I don’t do Christmas presents, when you get to our time in life there’s not a lot we really need.

Sure, fancy things...

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The only person you have to be better than is the person you were last week, last month, last year.

Standing in a Tyneside night club, feeling as miserable as sin…

I was watching a local hero called Veitch surrounded by admirers, and of...

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No matter how dark your skies, the sun always shines again…

After 3 days of solid rain, I have to admit I was getting a bit testy.

Jules definitely has her work cut out to keep me on track through those long...

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Too many people have a highway to stress and a dirt road to happiness

Thinking back 18 months, I was so far along that highway…

Life has a funny (make that macabre) way of creeping up on you when you’re...

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The Fragility of Life…

On my run to Marbella this morning I drove past the fires that have been raging for days in the hills above Estepona.

So far, one firefighter has...

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The Problem with Plan B

The problem with Plan B is that a lot of people are already living it.

It’s the day job. The ‘safe’ 9-to-5 with the salary at the...

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“You have control” - why I have 3 Mentors

The aeroplane was spinning towards the ground, seemingly out of control when the voice in my headset said “You have control”.

As the...

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The outsourced project that earned me £120,000

The biggest lightbulb moment of my business life was when I learned to outsource...

And this particular gem of a project earned me...

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How to Find 2 Extra Months a Year to Build Your Business

Be honest with me here...

How much time do you spend each day on non-productive social media or watching TV?

If it's more than 60...

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Making the Dream a Reality

Never give up your dreams, no matter how far audacious and untenable they seem…

I took the photo on the right today, almost 2 years exactly...

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50 weeks in a British jail
Snuggled down on our terrace sofa tonight, I posed this one to Joolsy;
 
“Are we living our dream in Spain?”
 
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