Tag: Bernie Mitchell

Working out loud

Posted on by philipdodson
Bernie working out loud on our new website
Bernie working out loud on our new website

So the term ‘working out loud’ belongs to John Stepper, I’m just borrowing the concept, rather than claiming it as my idea.

It’s an ace idea about sharing your work, well sharing it out loud.

I rarely mention my coworking business in my blogs here, however, I am on a mission at the moment to put my why back into the business and to make sure the why, how and what are in total harmony.

I blog, periscope and post stuff on Facebook, all about the need to do something about the industrialised system that we currently suffer, however, like all armchair critics, there is mainly a good deal of talk and not a lot of action. Well not anymore.

So I am currently working with Bernie, that’s my super cool mate who knows Seth Godin (apparently), and we are redesigning @Work Hubs into the New World Project, which will take the business on a journey to start creating an alternative i.e. doing something about it, instead of talking.

It’s a long journey, as two blokes can’t change the world on their own, and you have to start with small community changes first. Then momentum will take it further along the road.

We decided that we are going to work out loud and share the journey.

For two reasons, firstly, it will help 2 of the world’s biggest talkers be publicly accountable, and more likely to ‘ship’ something.

Secondly, we hope by sharing it, we will help others, when they have to face changes in their business.

Also, to inspire others that you can make changes to the world, however, big or small, that will make a difference.

So we’ve started – to read more then click here.

That’s it, back to my usual blogs here tomorrow.

What can we do? we’ve all got gold medals for talking

Posted on by philipdodson

goldmedals

I hear from many the words ‘well, what can we do? we can’t change it’.

There is talking, one of my specialists skills, if there was an Olympic medal for it, I would have been getting gold medals every four years.

Until very recently, I would not have been getting many medals in the ‘doing’ Olympic’s, I was yet another one of the complainers, critics, and moaners.

Then I learnt that moaning was a waste of time, as all the things I had moaned about for many years, had not change a single bit. Often they seemed to be getting worse, they weren’t it was my negative mindset. In fact 99% of what I moaned about was entirely my problem.

I then learnt to stop just criticising and I learnt that you have to start taking action.

Small steps, that are possible to easily action, simply because they are small and in themselves quiet insignificant as a one-off action.

However, I have learnt that by doing them each and everyday, OK get real not every single day, but more days than the days I don’t, has created real change of significance.

I have my daily success rituals, thanks to my coach Debbie, thanks to the inspiration of others who use this way of getting things done, of making a difference – like Richard, Bernie, and thanks to me for being wise enough to apply the lessons of a lifetime that have lead me to completely change.

I was only talking about this with Doug yesterday, who has done several of these ritual things, like his 100 days of happiness, and is currently on a 200 day streak of meditation and the positive changes that has had to his life.

So what can you change? ourselves. Then we can change anything given time by taking small steps, well.