Introverted Extrovert I’m a find him in the kitchen at parties kind of guy, should I of even gone to the party. Secretly though I want to be an MC “the Bruce Lee of loose leaf” as Eminem would say. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this, but one place I’ve been able to […]
I used to work on a slow desktop computer in the damp spare room of the apartment I shared with my then girlfriend. How different things would have been if the office had been nicer, the computer had been faster. My then girlfriend and I later bought a house, sure it needed some […]
My Orphan Blog Motivation vs. focus: one is easy to get but hard to hold, the other hard to achieve and damn near impossible to keep. My blog has become a victim of a war between the two. Is it a lack of motivation or an unwillingness to focus? Either way, it has become […]
I’m an addict of the worst kind, no matter what I get on a regular basis, I always want more. It’s never enough, and I’ll spend all day, every day doing all sorts of demeaning things to get it. I have one source which supplies me with what I need on a regular basis. […]
Can you live from your laptop? Back in 1992 I was living in San Diego working on the TV coverage of The America’s Cup yacht race. Life was good, I was working hard and playing hard. I was also watching a bunch of MTV, long sessions of Beavis and Butthead along with a new show […]
Our friends over at Minaal.com have kicked off another Kickstarter campaign for a new bag. Have a listen to the Interview with Jimmy over here http://imageneralist.com/kickstart/ he runs through the ins and outs of how they got their business on the road. I have a 1.0 version of the bag and it’s awesome, do yourself a favour […]
This is a first for Imageneralist.com but certainly not the last, an interview from the Generalist trenches. Doug and Jimmy two New Zealanders dissatisfied with the business travel bags on offer had a great idea, lets make our own! Jimmy talks about the process from idea to shippable product. How did two young guys with […]
Just ask, and why it’s good to be rejected Both Tim Ferriss, author of “The Four Hour Work Week”, and Noah Kagan, creator of Appsumo.com and Sumome.com, have a huge number of online followers. In one of their recent podcasts Noah talks about the easiest way to start building your email list. Here’s how […]
Generalists Aren’t Turkeys Here’s an idea, you’re welcome to use it if you like, in fact I might even get around to it myself. Write a book about personal finance that isn’t aimed at someone in their late twenties or early thirties. You know, the people who can save for their retirement if they start […]
Curiosity Never return the way you arrived. It’s something I started when I lived in London. I love walking, especially when I’m in a new city, so when I worked in Soho I spent many nights walking around, never heading back from a place the same way I got there. I’m convinced I saw and […]