Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life

Procrastination

The cover of The Storyteller by Dave Grohl, centred in a thin gold frame on a midnight blue background under the words From my bookshelf, with the line “Every day is still a blank page, waiting to write itself.” beneath it

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.

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Overcoming procrastination on Power of Progress

Life

Part two of my chat with Nathan Honess. I read out the chapter where I got stuck writing a book about procrastination, and explained why I’d rather shift standards than raise them.

The cover of The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, centred in a thin gold frame on a midnight blue background under the words From my bookshelf, with the line “When you decide to do something, remind yourself that it is commitment not motivation that matters.” beneath it

The book that explains the voice in your head: The Chimp Paradox

Business

Why the emotional part of your brain usually wins, what Steve Peters means by your inner chimp, and why commitment matters more than motivation.

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DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.

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