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13 mistakes I made as a first-time founder
It's been 5 years since I started my business, and I made every mistake in the book. Here are the top 13 mistakes I made. Mistake #1 - Not running paid…
Sep 9, 2023
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July 2023
There’s no such thing as a perfect business
How to decide what to "fix" in your business
Jul 3, 2023
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June 2023
The Day I Became a Reader
Every morning I get out of bed. Take the phone and leave it in the kitchen and make a cup of tea. Then I go to bed with a book. Until the tea turns…
Jun 25, 2023
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Hidden Trap of Thinking: Thinkism
In school, I learned how to write cheques. I learned who the payee is and who the drawer is. I learned different ways of endorsing a check. Yet every…
Jun 19, 2023
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Why I stopped learning on my own?
Photo by Simon Weisser on Unsplash Ever since I learned to play the first Taylor Swift song on my guitar, I have been obsessed with learning things on…
Jun 12, 2023
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May 2023
How to scale a one-person business
If you're running a one-person business and need help scaling it, here's how you do it. I DID EVERYTHING when I started my first e-commerce business…
May 29, 2023
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April 2023
How to blow your own horn
I'm terrified of posting something on social media. That's how it has been as long as I can remember. Even though I had a Facebook account for a while…
Apr 4, 2023
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March 2023
I used to work in a library
From 2012 to 2014, I worked as a customer service officer at the British Council Library. It was mostly on weekends as part-time because I was doing a…
Mar 13, 2023
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February 2023
Memory dividends
My wife and I fought a lot about my photo habit (or lack thereof). Whenever we went out or met friends, she wanted to take so many photos. I was the…
Feb 26, 2023
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I don't know
Admit it. We don't know shit about most things and are barely informed to give an opinion about something. But whenever someone poses a question on…
Feb 19, 2023
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You don't have to be world-class
Most of us won't be the next Tiger Woods or Michael Jackson. Or Ernest Hemingway or Oprah, for that matter. And that's OK. Here's the thing. Being…
Feb 12, 2023
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The difference between a "like" and a "heart"
Don't I look sexy in this photo? Time to share it on Facebook. Open Google photos and click edit. Increase brightness but not too much. Looking good…
Feb 5, 2023
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