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Story bank

Life is made up of stories.

Emmy Sobieski mentions this in her interview for Stanford’s eCorner podcast:


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There is more to it

Growing up I was a big fan of Jean-Michel Jarre.


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Giving second chances

Sometimes people need a second chance.

In the Simon Sinek interview with Leland Melvin they talk about giving a second chance to an employee and how they can sometimes turn out to be the best employee.


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Don't tell your friends

Andy Weir is one of my favourite writers. I have read most of his books. However he claims he doesn’t like the writing process.


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Going above and beyond

What does going above and beyond look like?

In a previous post I highlighted the difference between service and hospitality. This was based on a podcast with Will Guidara where he talked through how he got his restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, to be voted the number one restaurant in the world by focussing not just on the food but the overall experience.


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The difference between service and hospitality

What is the difference between service and hospitality?

I have had a book on my Amazon wishlist for a while - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. I’ve not read it yet but I came across a podcast where he was interviewed by Simon Sinek so it piqued my interest.


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The space elevator

This is a beautiful interactive webpage to illustrate the height/altitude of different things and how a potential future space elevator would relate to them.


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Podcasts with bookmarks

I listen to quite a lot of podcasts. I have been using Spotify but recently switched, most of the time, to using an app called Snipd.


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How do you define a good hotel?

A recent stay at a hotel got me thinking about what defines a good hotel?


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Lex, an AI assisted editor

Lex.page was one of the first AI assisted editors available.


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