Undisruptable
By Ian Whitworth
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Bullshit-free tips on the realities of owning a business delivered with dry humor. Creative director-turned entrepreneur Ian Whitworth built a $30M national business by always doing the opposite of what private equity investors would do. His book Undisruptable is out now on Penguin Random House, including audiobook read by Ian.
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Do the work. Your future depends on it.
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Four years on from apocalypse: the long-term effect of COVID on our business
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Your Chat-GPT self-praise is doing you no favours
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Have some respect for yourself. Get paid.
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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I have news
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Farmers Union or Coke? Cities aren’t just dots on the map
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Band aids on major wounds: the nightmare is coming from inside the building
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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A plea to non-Z generations: please, please stop trying to be cool
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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New year, old clients
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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It’s OK that nobody loves you
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Elite business performer traits: certainty can be your enemy
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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When suppliers go rogue, they must be punished
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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How Airbnb kills small businesses
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Your management is not as impressive as you think it is
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Be more charming and persuasive by losing these two words
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Business grandparenthood is great. Plan for it now.
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Enjoy those early struggle years, comrades
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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AI art is trash: beware advice from tool guys
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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So you lost the big sale. Want to know why?
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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You’re not too old to do what your parents tell you
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Defend yourself from discount scavengers
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Powerful, affordable technology for getting your real priorities in order
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Elon Musk’s X Antics: no matter how good you are, you're not that good
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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$70K outfits and pallets of Bollinger: stories from inside the $18M NAB events fraud
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Is your job a margin-killer?
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Dealing with people who want you to work for free
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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How to make event networking less horrible
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Stop thinking everyone is the same as you
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Confessions of a dodgy used car salesman
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Very bad news: the robots are making PowerPoint
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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The end of Milkrun, and the real way to build a personal brand
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May 29, 2023 |
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The worst customer service line I’ve heard in my life
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May 22, 2023 |
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A simple formula to make you rich
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May 15, 2023 |
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Casualising your workers: save some money now, lose much more long-term
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May 08, 2023 |
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Did you know about a little thing called the internet?
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May 01, 2023 |
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The long road to gender balance in blokey industries
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Human Nature 1, Tech Nil
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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What’s your Nazi strategy?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Welcome to the jungle: the cash trap for soft corporate types
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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The wrong hair for this showdown
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Learn to love tax and lead a happier life
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Begone, cursed U2 album: does your business have legacy goblins?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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I’m having a small celebration
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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How telling the truth kept one business alive while all around them went under
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Sales for non-sales people
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Being a wage tight-arse is counterproductive in 2023
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Wobbegong Tank: why your business pitch gets rejected
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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The Great Same-ening
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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I reveal my exit strategy
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Get your people physically together or it’s churn time
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Twitter’s takeover will crush your feelgood work dreams
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Writer vs Jasper: can AI steal my job?
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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The turtle vet, the drone lawyer and other specialists who’ve nailed it
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Too much testosterone: please, enough about Navy SEALs
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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How one guy doubled his business in 6 months through savage injury
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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New business nightmares: scarier than Stephen King
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Get the basics right first: lessons from Dumb and Dumber Forklifts
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Tesla Cybertruck and the art of rejecting advice
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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6 tips on how (and why) to be a better client
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Don’t kill your ba-dee-ya
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Rules that turned upside down in 2022
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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The early years are great, don't forget to enjoy them
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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No beer for you: don't get too close to your product
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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You’ll never work in this town again and other things not to say
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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The small humiliations of employment turn into big ones
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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The "too good to be true" trap and the lies businesses tell
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Too much information: 5 things your website doesn’t need
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Last-minute grocery businesses are a massive bag of dicks
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Midlife crisis time for the blog: fix your future regrets
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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I don't want my ear chopped off and neither do you
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Why we dropped a 15-year supplier relationship
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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3 post-Scotty lessons: good marketing is not like that
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May 30, 2022 |
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Simon Sinek is the worst motivator, prove me wrong
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May 23, 2022 |
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Hell’s Bells: why I don’t have an exit strategy
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May 16, 2022 |
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6 tips to survive the skills shortage
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May 09, 2022 |
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Wouldn’t make me buy it: the profit-killing myths of marketing
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May 02, 2022 |
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The theatre of business: six essential laws to stand out
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Your job is to serve your staff, and why we need less management
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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The secret ingredient of successful businesses: a great 2ic
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Why you must use your own product
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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We're putting our prices up and you should too
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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The one clear sign for spotting future stars in your business
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Terrible, humiliating new business pitches we have done
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Check your privilege: be a better customer
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Cardone vs Parkinson smackdown: I read the business books so you don't have to
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Undisruptable's first international deal
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Sort your payment terms out: your client's problems are not your problems
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Do The Big Thing: The Problem With Atomic Habits
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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GTFO of your house and shut your laptop
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Low-hanging fruit & the helicopter view: people are not idiots
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Bots shut us down by mistake: sneaky business risks you don't expect
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Adjective massacre: time to kill your sales and marketing cliches
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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The home loan nightmare for business owners: traps you should know
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Be more Bert: inspiration to lead a better life
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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How do you get people back in the office? With special guest Fionn Bowd, CEO Bowd Legal
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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The Great Resignation: hazard for some, opportunity for you
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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9 Ways To Have Better Ideas - Part 2
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Sorry to hear of your mother’s fifth tragic passing: dealing with compulsive liars
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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How (and why) to have better ideas part 1
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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My Worst Presentation Ever
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Cute dogs and cats! And how we vetted a startup investment
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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F*ck you, Solomon Lew: naked greed ruins business for the rest of us
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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'User Empathy': How To Profit From A Few Good Words
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Are People Just Like You Holding You Back?
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Why You Should Read An 85-Year-Old Business Book
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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7 Ways To Feel Happier In Lockdown
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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‘Just Common Sense’: Your Obstacle To Actually Doing Anything
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Stop Pretending To Be Everything To Everyone
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Silence: An Essential Communication Tool
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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I Shot A Future Supreme Court Judge But I Learned From It
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Nick Kyrgios Is Your New Inspo King
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Vice-President Of STFU: Lessons From Celebrity Apprentice
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Service, Not Servants
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May 24, 2021 |
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Why We Fired A Client, And Why You Should Too
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May 10, 2021 |
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Best Review Ever: Behind The Scenes Of Getting A Book Out
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May 03, 2021 |
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Man Versus Hotel Room: Stupid Customer Confessions
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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The Opportunities Of Customer Change: Get Out Of Your Mental Tracksuit Pants
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Realistic Post-JobKeeper Survival Tips
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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LinkedIn Advisory Scammers Are On The Rise
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Our Business Will Survive COVID And Here's The Reason
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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How Facebook Took My Money For Not Much
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Is Your Job Inspiring You Or Crushing Your Soul?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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2021: How To Get To 2022
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Introducing Undisruptable
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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2020: Oh And My Business Partner Nearly Died
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Your 80s Phone Sales Strategy Is Just Weird
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Russian Fiends Will Punish Your DIY Mentality
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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2020: License To Screw Up
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Time To Put Government Tradie Fetish In The Skip
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Smokin' Joe And The Power Of Informal Communication
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Are You A Trump, Biden or Obama Brand?
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Where's Hemsworth? Corporate Tinder Syndrome And Virtual You
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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So I Got A Book Deal With Penguin Random House, Here’s How
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Farewell To The Nickelback Of Web Browsers
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Food Fatalities: UberEats Must Do Better Than This
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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COVID Zombieland: End Times Survival Tips
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Business & Government: Ignore Women At Your Peril
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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How A Hermit Introvert With No Digital Skills Got 65K+ Followers
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Behind The Scenes As We Launch Our Pivot
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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COVID 19: If You’re Still On Your Salary, Show Some Gratitude
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Now Is Not The Time For Your Marketing, Richard Branson
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Clean Up Your LinkedIn Act
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Remote Work Wrecks Your Chimp Colony
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Adult Not Adulting: Gen Z Take Down Millennials And It's Good
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Immune To Facts: Persuasion In The Pete Evans Era
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Are You A Karen? A New Entitlement Test
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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How To Tell If You Can Trust People
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Why Don’t Your Staff Do What You Tell Them?
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Five Things I Learned At Client University
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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I Was A Teenage Shoplifter And An Ignorant White Guy
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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There's A Bike Gang In Your Supply Chain
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Why Business School Was Wrong
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May 25, 2020 |
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COVID Looting Will Cost You Long-Term
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May 18, 2020 |
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Post-COVID: Should You Just Change Careers?
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May 04, 2020 |
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Business Lessons From Tiger King
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Fight Back In The War On The Human Touch
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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Time To Drop Your Corporate Mask
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Mic Off, Clothes On: 5 Videoconference Essentials
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Covid 19: How To Negotiate With Commercial Landlords
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Laying People Off Is Hideous But At Least Do It Right
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Covid Business Survivor 2: The Sequel
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Covid 19 Business Survival Tips
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Imagine Getting Thank You Notes For Your Marketing Mailout
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Your Need to Be Right Is Holding You Back
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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I Lost Six Figures Last Week: Bad News Strategies
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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All You Need To Know About Success in 62 Words, And Why Motivators Suck
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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The Intoxicating Pleasure Of 'No'
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Are You A Good Or A Bad Person? A Very Short Quiz
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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The 6 Signs Of Great Business Partners
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Feb 02, 2020 |