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Creatures of Habit - Like Humans Like Animals

24 July, 2008 - Motivation - No Comments

Photo by Toni VC

We wake up at 7am. Each day.
We go to bed at 11pm. Each day.
We commute the same route to work. Each day.
We light up a cigarette. Each time we start our car.
We do the same workout at the gym. Each day (and regardless of whether it is working for us).

As humans, we like to believe we’re the far most superior race on Earth and we’re nothing like the bird that migrates year after year… to the day. But when push comes to shove, we inferior, empowered, Earth busting humans are creatures of habit just like any animal.

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Posted on 24 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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Girl Geek Dinner - Leeds - 13th August 2008

24 July, 2008 - Events, Misc - No Comments

Girl? Geek? In the North of England? Then Leeds’ first ever Girl Geek Dinner may be of interest to you.

Organised by my co-working friend and head of NTI Leeds, Linda Broughton, and Girly Geekdom’s Maz Hardey, Girl Geek Dinner is for the girls, by the girls, all talking girly geek stuff. (Usually the same stuff us male geeks talk about…).

The event is being hosted at ‘the study’ at The Living Room, (7 Greek Street, Leeds, LS1 5RW), approximately five minutes walk from Leeds City Station, from 6-9pm on 13th August 2008.

The event has a couple speakers lined up:

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Posted on 24 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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What Would Be Your Ideal Home Office?

17 July, 2008 - Motivation - 13 Comments

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As bloggers, employers, employees, entrepreneurs, writers and researchers, our office is a key component of our home. It’s where we think. Motivate. Inspire. Create. Contemplate. Brainstorm.

Practically. Spiritually. Form. Function. Taking all those in to account, what would be your ideal home office? Take away all limits of money, space and trying to please others.

In an ideal world, what would your ideal home office contain and how would it be laid out?

Before I paint, in words, what my ideal office would be, I want to share my current office and discuss some of the points I like and dislike.

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Posted on 17 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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Invigorating Yourself After a Stressful Day

16 July, 2008 - Motivation - 7 Comments

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As I stand at the kitchen sink washing a glass, I feel my body warm in the scolding water. I tingle.

As I stand there, I feel the days burden boil over the end. I feel my self pity crawl up and over. I feel my cry for freedom explode and expand.

Poor morale all day long. And now, finally, I feel an open valve.

I put down the glass. Walking from the kitchen, I dry my hands. I slide open the door and walk on the deck.

Cool evening. This is summer.

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Posted on 16 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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We Push Plastic Buttons for a Living

16 July, 2008 - Blogging, Motivation - 7 Comments

Photo by Julian B

It’s really easy to succeed as a blogger. It involves pressing plastic buttons a certain amount of times in a certain order. Simple.

“I push a lot of buttons. There’s a trick to pushing them in the proper order, but no one way is “right” and everyone pushes their buttons differently. In fact, the order in which they push their buttons (combined with the number of times they push them) determines how much money they make.“
Amit Gupta

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Posted on 16 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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