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,...
View Article509 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...
View ArticleStasis 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...
View Article1003 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...
View ArticleSomething 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleIt’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...
View Article3 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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleDavid 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleSchool! What Is It Good for?
It’s always fun when you’re talking about something and suddenly […]
View ArticleTop 5 Best Reasons To Write Every Day
The advice to write every single day has been given […]
View ArticleProfessional English Coaching for Speaking
Are you a professional working in Amsterdam? Do you need […]
View ArticleWhat people say VS What it’s really like
Following up from Myths I thought I’d tease out some […]
View ArticleHave A Plan (you can break up with it too)
One of the other great myths of writing is that […]
View ArticleThe 7-Point Check-List for Freelance Survival
Do you know you can survive going self-employed? Short answer: […]
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