Marie Kondo, author of the endearing and practical guide to de-cluttering your life, “The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying”, has a new series on Netflix. But somehow the commercialisation of simplicity makes it complicated. For someone who built a reputation on minimalism, she has become annoyingly … [Read more...] about Why Doing Less Can Help You Achieve More
Meaning
Why Simplicity Makes Life Richer
These days between Christmas and New Year are the ones I find more peaceful and nourishing than almost any other. Something is at an end and nothing has yet begun. It is now that I try to create simplicity. Stripping away, recycling, disposing of. Establishing order where none previously existed … [Read more...] about Why Simplicity Makes Life Richer
What Christmas Is Really All About
I have become increasingly tired and irritated at hearing people utter the phrase “That’s what Christmas is all about” when referring to a particularly well-cooked turkey or an unfeasibly large and discounted TV. What on earth has happened to us? It feels harder and harder to find a way through … [Read more...] about What Christmas Is Really All About
Why Constant Failure Makes You A Winner
On a short tour around the Kent and Sussex coast in the 1980’s my band and I hired a van and lugged our gear to venues booked by our hapless manager, “Fat Nick”. Fat Nick’s criteria for booking a gig was non-existent. If he could get us in, he did. A plan which proved terminally flawed the night … [Read more...] about Why Constant Failure Makes You A Winner
Why Kindness Is Underrated
Browsing on Twitter I see a call out from a journalist looking for business owners to share their tips on how to manage competition and launch products into a crowded marketplace. In the melee which followed countless people were offering their services with one even promising to share their “end to … [Read more...] about Why Kindness Is Underrated