The last two weeks have been amongst the most stressful in my life. Fourteen days ago today, we were told that are first child, due on the 12th November, had severely enlarged ventricles in his brain. This meant being rapidly referred to a specialist, Holly having a lot of scans, including an …
Michael Wilding
I’m Scared
If the truth be told, I’ve never been more scared in my life. I’ve jumped out of aeroplanes, dived to the bottom of the sea, lived with tribes, swum with a shark, been caught in a rockfall and got ill in the jungles of Mexico. But I’ve never felt quite like this …
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Influence
Have you read the book Influence by Robert Cialdini? If not then you should. It’s always sitting on my desk, and I occasionally flick through it. Without fail, every time I flick through it, there’s something that jumps out at me, something that I just have to go and try. I opened …
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Ball grinding bollocks
I already know that a bunch of people are gonna be offended by that subject line. Which means I’m about to get a flurry of abusive emails. And you know what? Bring it on. Because I’ve seen some crap sprouted recently in forums about open and click through rates in emails. Things …
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Love Affair with a Paper Clip
Don’t deny it, I know you love paperclips too. They’re just so damn versatile. You can literally do anything with a paper clip. I remember, when I was a teenager, being shown how to use a paper clip to pick a lock, hold the clutch pedal of a car together (yes we …
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