Meet the guy who has sourced a beer from each of the 32 countries playing at the World Cup — I love meeting new people and having fun and interesting conversations with them — often having things in common can facilitate this. Well, I love beer and football. Those are two big things I have in common with Gus Hully who is well on his way to becoming a beer…

One of our most-felt emotions, explored — In this publication I try to gain insights on a single theme per article, by finding and reading other writers’ articles on Medium. I then add some thoughts of my own inspired by what I have read. Reading more (highlighting, clapping and commenting as you go), recommending more and writing…

A clever mindset flip is really delivering results… — Reaching and then maintaining a healthy weight is, for some of us, a seemingly endless challenge. You can work so hard and make significant progress. But then as soon as life gets in the way (illness, stress, work, travel, lack of time) those hard-earned results can melt away, leaving you…

Because running a tiny startup is hard… — There’s a certain perceived glamour to running a startup. You’re the ideas person, the one with the get-up-and-go. It’s exciting, it’s interesting. You get to come up with a company name and a nice little logo. But the reality is harder. Unless you have customers, you don’t have a business…

…and we’re boldly going into the world of video — One of the reasons I started the Nant Fawr Brews podcast was to share my own passion for beer. I’ve become very good at boring my mates about the latest brew I have ongoing, or a new bit of equipment I’ve got hold of. They’re interested up to a point…

I was expecting two of these outcomes, but not the third… — So, you’re writing on Medium. If others can make it to the promised land of 3,4… even 5 figure incomes per month on here, then you see no reason why you can’t too. You get real serious, real quick. You pump out articles left, right and centre. You successfully navigate…

…because we all know it’s essential, but also really hard — The unfortunate fact is that if we want to be healthy, we need to exercise. Yes, there are always exceptions on the edge of medical contexts and human experiences but it’s as close to a general undisputed rule of life as you can get. Exercise is good for you. …

…and this one goes everywhere from orange juice IPAs to near-death experiences — When I first wrote the little summary that goes under the name and artwork on the home page of the Nant Fawr Brews podcast, I wrote that “everyone is welcome”. And I mean it. You don’t need to be a beer geek or somehow linked to home-brewing or the brewing…

Watch out for these tell-tale signs that you’re about to go big… — I see all kinds of doom and gloom stories about this platform pop up on my feed. The story is always the same: “I’m not doing as well as I want to… it must be the platform’s fault — I’m leaving.” Let’s just analyze that theory. If it is the…