Don’t over-focus on the solution, focus on the problem. Know the problem. Constant refinement. Design. Always make someone’s life better than before they met you. These are all from this short podcast called Business is Boring on Asuwere by the Spinoff team. Great advice to keep in mind.

My dad gave me some advice to overcome adversity. He told me the important thing was keeping the same routines, no matter how tough it got. Dad had broken up with my mum, but he still did things as per usual. To be honest, it was as if it didn’t faze him, which sounds harsh, …

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I often have this problem where I say I’ll do something better if I moved to a different environment, as if the current environment is unconducive to work. There are a few places I can/ do work; my office at home, my office at school, and places like cafes etc. but I do use these …

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I was once helping a friend who was an art designer organising a dancing event at the Domon Ken Museum of Photography. She is an extremely artistic person, and her thoughts for the event was that it should be about the love between mother and child, as that was the purest form of love. I …

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My mother has a Penny Lane magnet that she got from her trip to the UK more than five years ago. It’s an ordinary magnet that you’d find probably in any souvenir shop in England, as it’s a famous symbol of a song by the biggest band the world’s ever seen. It may not mean …

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Making a decision makes things so much easier. Once you have something set in stone, you can base your following questions on that decision, not on the 'what ifs'. It also affects your motivation. Once you've decided that you're going for something, and you're truly committed, it means you can back yourself more. That's why …

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Should have done it years ago. There's too much emphasis here on buying a house and it's hard not to see why, there's just too much money to be made, or lost if you're stuck renting. I don't blame people for investing in property one bit when their gains aren't going to be taxed, and …

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