Burning Issues

Take a break, or you’ll be broken. In this Burning Issues, I talk about why breaks and time off need to be taken as seriously as putting more hours into work. If you don’t enforce your breaks yourself, they’ll be enforced for you, without your consent. Burnout forces you to stop, and when it does, you’re not refreshed. You’re running on empty. Time off isn’t a reward you earn once the work’s done....

As you all will know by now, I live by the quote from Steve Jobs' commencement speech at Stanford that "you can't connect dots going forwards, only backwards".If that's true, then you need to get out of the damn office, off all digital screens and go meet people face-to-face in real life, as you never know where this might lead.

Play As You Go 🐝 So many of us put off enjoying the things we’ve worked hard for. “I’ll treat myself when I retire.” “I’ll wear it for a special occasion.” But by the time that day comes, the health, the energy or the moment might not be there. In this Burning Issues, I talk about enjoying life along the way. Wear the watch, take the trip, celebrate the milestones now, not when you’re pensioned o...

I must have said this a million times when people ask me for advice, but you cannot overstate the importance of following your passion and spending most of your life doing something that you love.

In this episode, I share two stories that completely change how you view your own worth: 1. Padel vs. Tennis: Why two sports that take up almost the same physical space are priced so differently. 2. The Subway Violinist: The true story of Joshua Bell—one of the world’s greatest concert violinists who makes thousands per show, but was treated like an average busker when playing in a subway station...

Simply, do what you said you were going to do. No excuses. Personally or professionally, you will see that your stock will rise and people simply won't be able to compete with you. It sounds so simple, but trust me (from experience), most people simply can't do what they said they were going to do.

Since I've been testing this experiment of taking 30 minutes a week with no technology, just sitting with a pen and paper writing down my stream of consciousness, I've seen a massive difference in my overall well-being. Try it yourself and see what happens.

We hear a lot about the importance of saying no and protecting your time, and I'm absolutely an advocate for that. However, there is an alternative view, which is equally as important, and that is The Power of Yes. By saying yes, you're accepting new opportunities, new chances to make friendships, connections, business relationships, etc. If you watch my podcast, The Burning Desire, you&#3...

As I was having a conversation with a friend of mine the other day, he mentioned something quite profound, which is that to always find an activity that you suck at is humbling. It allows you to develop and grow both personally and in the endeavour, and it's all-round good for the soul.

Having read The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (a book I highly recommend), one of the things that stuck out was when he says: "If you can find something that, for you, is play and is to others like work, you will always succeed (paraphrasing) because you will put more hours in, more effort in because you want to." This video is an excerpt from an interview I did with Michel Nydegger of Greu...

In this video, I break down how deeply concerning our conscious and subconscious habit of comparing ourselves to others on social media really is. It’s far more harmful than we realise. Years ago, when we stepped into the fantasy world of a James Bond movie, we didn't leave the cinema feeling insecure—thinking we weren't as good-looking as Pierce Brosnan, didn't drive a nice Aston Mart...

In this episode, I talk about the fact that you cannot rely upon society's definitions of words and concepts. I particularly focus on the word success, as your definition may simply be being happy and healthy, and there's nothing wrong with that. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise. Whereas somebody else may need a Ferrari, a Rolex, and a large bank balance to consider themselves succ...

When Mark Zuckerberg set up Facebook, his intention was to connect the world in a way we'd never experienced before. Whilst that is potentially true, you might see a TikTok, a reel, a YouTube video from someone somewhere far away from a distance perspective. Simultaneously the world has not ever seen a loneliness pandemic like we are seeing, and people in real life have become more disconnecte...

We all know the mantra by now: go to the gym three or four days a week, do cardio, lift some weights. It's good for your posture, your overall well-being, and fitness, but how often do we do the same for our mental space? On a recent trip to Switzerland on "vacation", (which is something we should do more often in our own cities. You don't have to go on a plane to find a differen...

Burning Issues - #85

In this episode, I look back on 2025 and give my thoughts on having written and lived 3x goals for the last 1/3 of 2025.

In this episode, I reflect on a new hire in my core business and the positive impact she has made in her first week (you know who you are!).Just shows the real difference a positive and can-do attitude can make to your life both personally and professionally.

Time and time again, this maxim is proven out in my life. Those chance meetings you take, the time you had that coffee, that leads to something extraordinary happening that you could never have accounted for. That's why, as part of your week, you should push yourself to meet new people and say yes to opportunities that, on face value, perhaps aren't something you would normally agree to be...

You can be having a great day then one negative thing happens and causes you to view the whole rest of the day and activities prior to as negative. Be mindful and careful of this each and every day.

In this episode, which is longer than usual, I discuss in depth my views on the fact that the world and each one of us has become more intolerant of each other’s differing opinions than ever before. I originally was going to make this video after the Charlie Kirk assassination; however, then in my local community, the Heaton Park synagogue was attacked by nothing short of a terrorist, and so I fel...

In this video, I discuss a common theme in modern day life where we have so many competing priorities that it's hard to focus on what matters to us most. As the title says, you can do whatever you want in life, but you cannot do everything that life has to offer so choose wisely.#burningissues #life #vlog #anything #everything

To really achieve the pinnacle of success in any endeavour, you really must embrace an all-in approach. On this episode I discuss what that needs to me.#allin #vlog #burningissues

In this episode, I talk about the challenge that I certainly deal with of negative self talk. Is it an entrepreneurial curse or something deeper in the human psyche?

What does a casino have in common with business/life?

Golf can be viewed as a really useful analogy for business and life, in this video I discuss my thoughts on this. Do you agree, did I miss anything?