Yes, but push past that part to read about some truly mind-boggling technology that’s already transforming not only the internet, but the way we interact with our very own planet.

Image by UA Archives | Upper Arlington History via Flickr If you are leaving the armed forces to start up your own business, then the information in this article could be critical to your success. Hands down. If you don’t get this stuff right, then none of the rest of it will matter, because you will never be able to leave your armed forces job behind. NEVER. Which is silly because leaving your armed forces job is easy...

One way of staying positive, with laser focus, no matter what you are doing, is to get some quick wins under your belt first.  This doesn’t mean taking your eyes off your main goals, its about realising that the path to get there involves taking many small steps. Think about if you needed to remove the gear box from a car, for example.  Your goal might involve seeing the gearbox sat on the bench in the side of the garage all work...

Despite what we may think and tell ourselves, we don’t know much.  And if that wasn’t bad enough, there is a lot of information out there that we don’t clearly understand. Even so, when we get to grips with the idea that we have big holes in our knowledge things become easier.  There is so much stuff that we can now go and find out,  knowledge to be gained, creating and finding new or better of ways of doing things. ...

I recently got a very good lesson in my own self worth.  It all started with my needing a bag so that I could take my laptop, notebook, etc from place to place, to meetings and just generally when I was out and about.  I had been looking for one for some months but had been unable to settle on one. So Sian (my wife) bought me a bag in the sales for my birthday.  On the day, she told me that both Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise had one of these...

How many of the 20 tips listed below can be related to your life prior to leaving the Armed Forces and how many would be valuable to your life now. Not all great business or life  tips come from what is labelled as recognised sources.  People with really great views on business, life and leadership can be found in all walks of life.  The following 20 tips were  given by Seb Coe: 1 Leaders can be made 2 The vision thing 3 You...