It is amazingly important to do one thing at at time and do that thing well. The moment you focus on two or more things you will start to deliver less than the the relative ratio of productivity for each thing.
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23 tips for anyone starting a (lean) startup journey
Here are some random learnings/tips for anyone starting a startup journey, hope they are helpful:
The Worry Diagram
Worrying is a plague that causes stress and negativity. Stop worrying to free up time and feel happier. In a stressful world it is easy to become worried. Things don’t go to plan, people don’t deliver as you hoped, that investor you thought was in is now dragging his heels. There is a lot we feel we need to be worried about, [...]
Steve Jobs: An inspirational man will be sorely missed.
Steve Jobs has been one of the biggest influencers of my life, and not just because of the huge impact that apple has had on tech and innovation but because of how inspirational he was as a person. The first time I listened to his his Stanford speech the hairs on the back of my [...]
StartUp Britain is Balls (the programme not the notion)
The idea of ‘StartUp Britain’ is nice. Of course it is; encouraging entrepreneurship is brilliant, it’s very nice to have a lovely site that aggregates a few resources (it’s not like we had that already or anything) and I suppose this could grow into an ecosystem of support if the ‘coming soon’ features actually happen without [...]
I would recommend that you read:
I would highly recommend that you read all of the following books. Excuse 1: I don’t get enough time to read Answer: Audiobooks Excuse 2: I don’t have the money to buy all these books / audiobooks Answer: Steal them and add them to the list of things you need to repent for / pay [...]
9 Inspirational / Entrepreneurial Quotes
An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it. – Roy Ash Have the end in mind and every day make sure your working towards it – Ryan Allis Lend your friend $20, if he doesn’t pay you back then he’s not your friend. Money [...]
Risks are not risks
Levels of drive and motivation seem to vary greatly between us all. Some have bundles of it but direct it towards the wrong things, some have direction but lack the drive to get there, some have both dirve and clear direction; but it is not just motivation that leads to success, its also the ability to take [...]
Be Open Minded… Actual Open Mindedness
I will go as far as to say that I hate it when a person is accused of being closed minded because they don’t accept the nonsensical at first glance without looking for evidence or proof or at least looking deeper. It is actually the accuser in that case that is being closed minded. More [...]
Here Are The Web Apps You Need In Your Life
A key requirement with all productivity tools is that they integrate well with other tools; and indeed your existing systems. Three months ago after moving into a new office I decided to take a look at how we manage all of our mail and productivity at Rachel Andrews and then looked at things that could [...]
A ‘really good idea’. Make It Happen
I got an interesting text yesterday. I will not reveal who but they sounded depressed about their work/life situation. More specifically part of the text read: ‘I need to do an Andy Crump and come up with a really good idea and somehow start my own business.’ Having a ‘really good idea’ is certainly not something that troubles [...]
A Lazy £20
Today I briefly met a close friend that I have been helping with business matters for the past year. She told me about her working day. It involved seeing just one client, sitting in the sun having a drink, and going for a jog; but making just £20. I accused her of being lazy (knowing [...]
Television Is a Drug (Mindless Entertainment is detrimental)
I stumbled across this video today and it fits in nicely in with what I have been thinking about lately; a theme I have kept coming back to many times since first reading Timothy Ferriss’s book a few years ago. I won’t quote Tim exactly as I do not have the book to hand but [...]
