2 July 2020

How to turn a weakness into a positive.

What perceived weaknesses do you have that could be turned into a positive? Have you ever completed a self-audit of your strengths and weaknesses? Ever thought about what you are good

by James O'Donnell

Learning

1 July 2020

What to learn today in lockdown?

What should you learn today that is going to help you in the long run? What to learn today to ensure that post-lockdown you can succeed? We are currently in

by James O'Donnell

Careers

Learning

1 May 2019

What are the skills that my new son will need to have a successful career?

A life-changing event occurred a couple of weeks ago. My incredible wife gave birth to our first child Noah. For the last couple of weeks, we have been at home getting

by James O'Donnell

Learning

11 March 2018

3 ways to make the most of your commute

London makes its return to work on Monday. The hours that many of us spend on train, tube and bus must amount to millions of hours every day. There must

by James O'Donnell

How to create work experience opportunities that actually matter, even if you have no idea what career you want.

Careers

4 March 2018

How to create work experience opportunities that actually matter, even if you have no idea what you want to do

A few months ago I met an old client that I hadn’t seen in 10 years for a coffee. We spoke about where our career opportunities had taken us and life

by James O'Donnell

Learning

Reading

25 February 2018

How to take notes seriously

Since I started properly reading again after a colleague of mine lent me his copy of Born To Run I must have read 100 plus books . . . maybe

by James O'Donnell

Blogging

18 February 2018

Why I started blogging in 2018

I started blogging again in 2018. You may have already seen a couple of my most recent blogs: How we bought back 1000 hours of our life Time to essentialise ... just

by James O'Donnell

How we bought back 1000 hours of our life back

Essentialism

10 February 2018

How we bought back 1000 hours of our life

Let me take you back to November 2016. Charlie and I were living in Enfield, commuting to Central London using an average (at best) train service. We lived in a

by James O'Donnell

Essentialism

30 January 2018

Time to essentialise … just 5 DVDs each

Charlie and I returned to our flat after the a busy few months of wedding prep, marriage, and Christmas. For the first time in months, Charlie and I have had

by James O'Donnell

Personal

19 December 2016

2016 What A Year

This year the amazing, wonderful Charlie Halford agreed to marry me. And now the planning has started. Luckily Charlie is a planner par excellence. This year saw my sister marry my new brother-in-law Nat. We

by James O'Donnell

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