All that matters is who you are on the inside? Isn’t it?

All that matters is who you are on the inside? Isn’t it? This blog is going to sound a bit mean. Just letting you know that now.

‘All that matters is who you are on the inside’ is the catch cry of the unsuccessful, the lazy, the people who have given up on their dreams and are living lives of massive compromise.

If the results in your life aren’t what you want, it’s much nicer to say ‘they don’t matter, who I am on the inside is what matters’, rather than being honest that things aren’t where you want them to be.

That way you can still create an identity of success even though all evidence is to the contrary.

Who you are on the inside does matter, but only to the extent that it impacts what you do on the outside and therefore the results you get in your life. And that’s exciting, because what you do is 100% your choice.

Sam Hazledine, author Unfair Fight

Welcome to outer space

Welcome to outer space You’ve saved and managed to get yourself a seat on Virgin Galactic. It’s likely this will be your only ever trip to space, and you have four hours to experience it.

How much time are you going to spend watching the inflight movie? Or checking Facebook? Or checking email?

You only have four hours up there.

Now, back on Earth, you have trusted colleagues to interact with, loved family to share with, cherished friends to spend time with. Is it worth delaying, deferring or missing those once in a lifetime interactions to keep your inbox clear.

Passion is found as much in what we say ‘no’ to as what we say ‘yes’ to.

Life happens, it’s your choice what you say ‘yes’ to.

Sam Hazledine, author Unfair Fight

How to design a website

How to design a website Don’t.

Unless you are a web designer.

There are people much better at certain aspects of your business, and they are much cheaper than the opportunity cost of doing it yourself.

Use them.

Sam Hazledine, author Unfair Fight

"He who dares wins..."

Here's an interview with Kathryn Ryan that has just played on Radio New Zealand. In it I share the story that has defined and shaped my life, and some of the core strategies that I've used to create success in multiple different areas of my life. I hope you enjoy it and find value in it. CLICK HERE

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Spinning your wheels

Spinning your wheels I am all for positive psychology, I believe that success lies at the intersection of mindset and action.

But it doesn’t matter how enthusiastic I am, or how religious I am with my positive incantations, if I’m running east looking for a sunset.

Creating your business’s strategy just based on what you want fails to address the fact that no one cares what you want. It’s a great way to spin your wheels enthusiastically and get nowhere.

Creating your strategy based on diagnosing the real challenge in your market, creating a guiding principle to solve that challenge, and then designing a coherent set of actions to make progress is much smarter.

And combined with a positive psychology you’ll be unstoppable.

Sam Hazledine, author Unfair Fight