Why Duff McKagan’s recovery story is the best case I know for building confidence through work, routine and rituals.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
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Episode 152: Retention is Revenue
Everyone chases new clients. Nigel and I talk about the ones you’ve already got, and why looking after them pays you back.
I looked successful, but I couldn’t feel it
For years I did everything it takes to look successful. I still couldn’t hold on to the feeling. Here’s what changed it for me.
Episode 151: Losing It
Nigel went for a doctor’s review, got two nurses and a set of scales, and lost his cool in under a nanosecond.
Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller and the megastar who stayed a normal bloke
Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller shows you can be a megastar and still be a normal bloke, and that every day starts as a blank page.
Able: a poem about what I can and can’t control
For National Poetry Day I shared a short poem I’d written called Able. It’s about acceptance, courage and knowing which one you need.
Episode 150: The Thing That’s Got Us Here
Episode 150, and what got us here was turning up every week, starting with two cheap mics plugged into a dictaphone.
Why I still rate Moby’s Porcelain
Why Moby’s funny, honest memoir of the years before Play is a brilliant read about refusing to give up on your talent.
How I became an accidental motivational speaker
My Facebook memories are full of stages, training rooms and event halls. Looking back, I never set out to be a speaker. It crept up on me.
Episode 149: How Do You Think I Reacted?
Nigel tells a story against himself about an appointment that went wrong, and I get my water skiing rope out again.
Episode 148: The One About SpiRITUALity
Nigel and I talked about God and higher powers this week, and why everyone forgets the ritual half of the word spirituality.
Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: the film’s good, the book’s better
What a woman with no hiking experience and a too-heavy pack can teach you about grief, fear and finding a way back to yourself.
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Hi, I’m Neil
DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.