The premise of 'action, impact, energy, technique' is simple. What do you do, how does it make you (and others) feel, what is the cost and reward... is there a better way?

Good selfish means putting yourself first for the right reasons. Here's what the research on wellbeing, burnout and boundaries actually says about it.

Entertainment coach John Blackburn introduced me to the Practitioner and Producer mindset. One masters the doing. The other builds the space for it. Which one are you avoiding becoming?

Sociologist Diane Vaughan coined the phrase after the 1986 Challenger disaster. The gradual erosion of standards, repeated without consequence, until normal no longer means what it once did.

Self-value, self-trust, and self-worth are the three most important currencies in your business. Here's how to check your exchange rate and start shifting it.

Following on from the Creative's Hierarchy of Needs, I've been playing with the idea that the hierarchy isn't a uni-directional ladder. The odd snake in the story might slide you back down a tier. Which got me thinking about Snakes & Ladders, and whether we can shift the odds in our favour. Turns out the more interesting question isn't about the snakes or the ladders at all. It's about which one you're secretly rolling for.

When Maslow built his Hierarchy of Needs in 1943, he wasn't thinking about creative business owners. Here's a hierarchy of needs designed specifically for people building something of their own.

I was inspired to share this blog by something Dr Brooke Bownes said on the "Mind Monkeys Welcome..." podcast this week. "Your beliefs outlive the people who planted them". They don't rely on the person, who put them there, to survive. They just need you to keep repeating them. Here's how to stop.