Author - markhatwood

I was listening to Hamdi Ulukaya’s TED talk on his coined phrase, the anti-CEO playbook. So many times, we’re told that a company’s profit comes from...

Last week I started something that had been on my mind for months. A dog that is tied up all day (a sad, but encouragingly dying tradition where I...

Someone asked me the other day if something they did annoyed me. If so, they might consider stopping doing it. My question to them was: does it feel...

For many people, those who ‘excel’ at something do so because they have been given a ‘God given’ talent. A talent which, for the majority of us...

Rejection is one of life’s most challenging emotions. Some of us initially get angry, some sad, some need to lie down in a dark room with a pet, and...

I recently read a post on a social media group of someone asking for opinions of an airline and whether to book with them or not. It seems more and...

I came back from seeing friends recently and my wife asked if I was offended by what someone had said about me. I was delighted to say I wasn’t. What...

I recently had a revelation. I’ve been working on a new project for a while and getting more and more frustrated that the ‘money people’ weren’t...

I love doing DIY. I’ve got much better at it over the years but in all honesty, I’m pretty naff at it compared to any professional. I know others who...

When I was a young, ambitious teenager, all I could think about was fame. First as a popstar, which I had a modicum of success at, and later as a...