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The ONE Important Lesson Everyone Should Learn

Or There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch One of the first things you are told or realise when you start in journalism or politics is that there is no such thing as a free lunch. In those positions,...

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509 Words Of Nothing To Say

It feels like I don’t have much to say at the moment. Every time a reminder pops up from my calendar to tell me to blog, I look at it blankly. Odd, because it’s not like there is nothing going on...

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Stasis Addiction

I watched a video podcast this week that really got me thinking: there’s something about the way we humans thing that seems to really, really be stuck on the idea of no change. Told you so! It’s kind...

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1003 Tips To Make You A Better Writer

My feelings about teaching, coaching, training and generally encouraging writing are contradictory. On the one hand, I see an industry springing up around writing and digital publishing that has...

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Something Old, Something New

So today, Monday, I am starting a course… the CELTA course to be exact. It stands for Certificate of English Language Training for Adults. This will be the first time I have sat down to study and learn...

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How Purpose Can Destroy Your Business Life

When you say you are an entrepreneur, chances are that, depending on who you are talking to, they are going to understand very different things about you. Some are going to think: He’s trying to be...

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It’s Like Riding A Bike

I last owned a bicycle in London in 1995. Well, I didn’t own it really. It was more on permanent loan when I lived in a semi-illegal rental in Chiswick. Yeah, that’s another long story. Buying a bike...

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3 Things Being Published Taught Me

One of the things I have been wrestling with for the last 12 months is the idea of an identity for myself that has become hopelessly tied up with writing and how I see being a writer in my future. It...

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The Entrepreneurs Emotional Tool-Kit

The modern western economy seems dead set on an inexorable move towards a tele-commuting, contract-by-contract, freelance workforce. More and more people are ending up self-employed, freelancing,...

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David Chislett Goes .com

Before I left South Africa in April 2013, my site was set up as the ideal travel blog platform. It was also aimed pretty squarely at my existing South African readers and potential readers. Nearly two...

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The 5 BIG Myths Of Self-Employment

There are plenty of things that people who DO NOT work for themselves believe about the self-employed life. Way too many for one piece. So instead, I have chosen to focus on the ones I encounter the...

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Just Write It

You know what the problem with some advertising slogans is? […]

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School! What Is It Good for?

It’s always fun when you’re talking about something and suddenly […]

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Top 5 Best Reasons To Write Every Day

The advice to write every single day has been given […]

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Working Alone – Failing Alone

One of the biggest draw backs of going out on […]

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Bad Writing Is Good Too

Every creative industry has its myths. Music has its rock […]

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Professional English Coaching for Speaking

Are you a professional working in Amsterdam? Do you need […]

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What people say VS What it’s really like

Following up from Myths I thought I’d tease out some […]

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Have A Plan (you can break up with it too)

One of the other great myths of writing is that […]

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The 7-Point Check-List for Freelance Survival

Do you know you can survive going self-employed? Short answer: […]

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