I've worked for Next on Saturdays for almost four years. I plan to leave at the end of the year. Consequently, completing my MA and leaving Next will signify a big change in my life: The beginning of my entrepreneurship career in earnest! I had been worrying that not having a Saturday job might mean I start slacking off at the weekend. By which I mean that I'd be ...

Doctors used to recommended trips away for recuperation and it still works. Granted, I'm not ill, but I'm already feeling healthier purely from being in a different environment. You could be too, even if you're as broke as I am: It only costs £2 return. As I write this I'm sitting in a coffee bar in Brighton (7 Feb), drinking the most decadent coffee ever: Espresso with vanilla syrup ...

Sincere apologies, but due to a proliferation of stuff and things to do, there's no entry today. Instead, I recommend some timely advice I need to take: Trizoko: How to Reduce Your Workload in 1 Minute, which I'll implement to ensure Friday's entry appears, bright and early! :)

All Things Bright is dedicated to the topic of Personal entrepreneurship, so every entry here is in some way connected to that. What do I mean by personal entrepreneurship? Many things, including the personal and human sides of being an entrepreneur, my experiences with enterprise and social entrepreneurship (which involves seeking to improve the lives of those less fortunate than I am). Today I bring you five links focused ...

On 29th December 2006, I made some important goals for 2006. I've already modified and developed them, which is great because it's important to keep re-evaluating, so I'll be doing this once monthly. My big goal for 2007: Escape with Courage In 2006, I said it was Debt-free by December 2007 (excluding student loan). However, on reflection, this is a negative goal because it focuses on something I don't want, ...

Facing fears If you're struggling to face your fears then you clearly need more courage, just as I do. But how do you get to be courageous? Start doing things a courageous person would do. (For the moral philosophers amongst you, this is the kind of thing Rosalind Hursthouse suggests in On Virtue Ethics). On a related note, I explored fear-based decision-making earlier this year. So, if that's what you're worrying ...