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Day 19 | Making projections

Day 19 | Making projections

Today I’ve been head and knee deep into our financial forecast for the next 18 months. That brings us to July 2017. Quite a long time away and yet, not really that far away at all.

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Star

On hygge

Hygge was never meant to be translated – it was meant to be felt BBC News, Hygge: A heart-warming lesson from Denmark

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Day 18 | Why are we so polite?

Day 18 | Why are we so overly polite?

This morning I sat down on one of the priority seats on the tube. Opposite me sat a woman with a ‘baby on board’ badge. On the other side of the pole in the middle of the section I was in, I saw another woman. She also had a ‘Baby

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Day 17 | Building relationships

Day 17 | Building relationships

For my second job in London I chose between a role that mixed project management and information architecture (IA), as we referred to it back then, and pure IA roles. I chose the latter.

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Day 12 | We've been selected to pitch

Day 12 | We’ve been selected to pitch

As much as I love the idea of being bootstrapped and building a business the old fashioned way, it has slowed us down and meant that we’ve missed out on opportunities. Out of the number of directions we could take Glimt.it into this year, one road could be to raise

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Day 11 | Getting into a routine

To ensure I spend my time wisely and that work doesn’t take over my life, I’m experimenting with putting more of a daily routine in place. Both to help structure the day, but also to minimise decision making at key points where a lack of pre-made decision can easily sway

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Day 10 | Some me time

When I found out that D would be away filming Friday to Sunday this weekend, I considered inviting friends over for dinner and to have a girly weekend. Instead I’ve had a ‘me’ weekend.

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Running

On achieving scale

You have to coach people to solve their own problems, and coach people to coach people to solve problems. That’s how you achieve scale – Business Insider, LinkedIn CEO reveals why so many founders struggle to scale their companies

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Day 9 | One in 45 million

This morning when I turned on BBC breakfast, they were talking about the just under £60 million jackpot that, after 14 consecutive rollovers has to go tonight.

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Mt Rinjani

Day 8 | The long way up

Yesterday was one of those days when startup life feels like you’re standing at the bottom of a mountain, looking up, up, up and wondering how on earth you’re going to get there before it gets dark. Many moons ago, my oldest friend and I hiked Mt Rinjani on Lombok

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Day 7 | Thank you

When I set out to write these posts back in 2012 I was a bit hesitant. What on earth would I write about each day? And did I really have something to say that anyone would bother reading?

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Dreams

Day 6 | Giving dreams a go

Today I went for a long walk with a friend after work, criss crossing around central London and the South Bank. During that walk she told me she’s quitting her job and starting her own company.

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Day 4 | Using the first day back for reflection

I recently read an article that advised that you should plan out January in December so that when you return after the Christmas break, everyone knows what to do and you can jump straight in. As good as it sounds from a planning point of view, I also think it’s

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Day 3 | Stop doing

Today is the last day before going back to work after the holidays and I must confess that just before Christmas, which is our busiest time with Glimt.it, I’d imagined that I’d work all of this week. But, rather than work I’ve spent my time sat in the sofa reading,

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Why you should write every day

You probably think you have nothing to write about but once you start it gets hard to stop. Honestly. Writing is an incredibly important skill at all levels. By writing every day you reflect on things in a different and clearer way and you become better at expressing yourself. If you haven’t tried writing every day, give it a try for 30 days to begin with. I did it every day of 2012. Seth Godin has done it for years and swears by it.