Tag: Best of NWB

Mental illness and new beginnings

At the age of 39 after developing severe depression, I realised I had been aiming for the wrong career goal.

Learning about self worth in Weston-Super-Mare

He wanted me to be in the office every day because of his apparent insecurity and need to be overly controlling.

Losing your corporate innocence

That moment marked the end of my innocence in the corporate world. It marked the end of loyalty, the end of trust, and the end of my youth.

I’m a materialistic, ambitious, status-craving idiot

We don’t think about this stuff because it’s bloody scary. It’s hard. It’s embarrassing. It’s a bit hippy, it makes us feel vulnerable.

Taking business lessons from Sylvester Stallone

Being punched in the face repeatedly by a man twice your size is great motivation to get your act together.