Work is a balance between you and your company. Companies need us, and we need them. When you provide more value than you’re paid, it’s good for the company, but you may be losing out. When you provide less value than you’re paid, don’t be surprised if you lose your job. This fine balance changes […]

Simon Sinek says it well. The money is just a product of solving a problem. It is not the answer. We must focus on the why whenever we do anything, never the prize. Money can poison your thinking, there are many things you can do to earn money quickly, but that is only a short […]

Bank branches in NZ understand that the more the customer can do themselves, the less the bank has to do, and in turn the less service the bank has to provide. As a result, we can do a lot of our banking online or from our smartphones, so visits to the bank are quite rare […]

Can't sleep? Do some work, do something creative, write a blog or make a website. Make something. Consumption leads to more consumption but creativity leads to conscious consumption. I call it conscious creativity. Making the conscious decision to put yourself in situations where you have to be creative. Then you can reap the rewards of […]

I had a piece of advice last year that I’ve been thinking about ever since. The advice? Don’t work jobs that pay you by the hour. Menial labour is not something I could do again if I could avoid it. I’m very lucky to be able to work doing creative things like translation and even […]

Shit happens. Just let it go, no matter how hard it is. That’s the sort of philosophy I’ve kind of naturally developed from everything that’s happened to me so far. The problem is, you can’t just say that to people if they’re going through a tough time. What you can say, honestly, is that it […]

When I was in high school, two friends and I used to love going to the movies. We usually went at least once a week, and we saw most of the semi-decent ones out there at the time. I never thought about it then, but one of my friends would have gained so much more […]