The Way I See It

Same World, Different Glasses Mum, Hear Me Out… An Inner Workings bonus on money, mindset and seeing opportunities where others see expenses. A lighthearted discussion with a parent turned into an episode around perspective; opportunities and seeing things through a different lens. We're talking about the environments we put ourselves in, why opportunity is often about proximity, and how easy it is to confuse ambition with justifying an expensive lifestyle. Five quick takeaways on shifting yo...

After a three-week break, I’m back with a question that came up while I was away Do I work more now than I did before - and am I always switched on? The answer is probably yes. But I also waste considerably less time pretending to work, or conforming to someone else's idea of value and productivity. In this episode, I talk about the difference between being genuinely productive and simply looking busy - from staying online on Teams for the sake of visibility, to pointless calls, unneces...

When Did Wanting More Become Something to Apologise For? The Scarcity Trap: How a Lack Mentality Keeps You Playing Small How much is a lack mentality costing you—and would you recognise it if you called it “being sensible”? The opportunity you keep putting off. The support you won’t pay for. The success you struggle to enjoy because you’re already worried about losing it. Scarcity can influence your decisions long after your circumstances have improved. You earn more...

Listen to This Before You Have the Conversation You’ve Been Avoiding How to say what needs to be said, before silence turns into resentment. You know the conversation. The one you rehearse in your head, rewrite in your notes and keep pushing into next week. It is not going away. And in most cases, silence is not keeping the peace, it is giving frustration time to become resentment. Following The Art of Negotiation, Michael explores a different challenge: how to be honest when the truth ...

A half-million-pound year would have looked like immense success to me two years ago. Half of that number would have put me in the top percentile in my market and industry. Now, it is the scale of the reality we are building, in only year 2. But the biggest difference is not the number. It is ownership. Nobody tells us our percentage. Nobody caps our return. Nobody decides what our contribution is worth. The whole pie is being built inside a business we own. That realisation forced me t...