“What’s the secret to career success? Believing in yourself and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. Even taking small steps can make a big difference in terms of the situations you put yourself in that will help you grow,” says Hannah Hardy-Jones, founder of Kite App…
mornings
“Twice a week I’ll go off to do a shoot of someone’s beautiful home. I love meeting the people and seeing what they have done, it’s amazing how creative humans can be, and the home is such a personal space.” Emma Merry on mornings, her new business and work-life balance…
For early-rising babies, parents are told to simply make the room darker, or push the morning nap back. But as Joel Defries has discovered, it doesn’t always work. Here are his ideas for surviving 5am starts…
“I have natural afro hair (not chemically relaxed) so there are days when it can take ages to get right. If I’m having a good hair day or I’ve got my hair in braids, then I can be ready in 20 minutes.” Janine Hardy – mum-of-two and Family Merch founder – on mornings…
We know that many entrepreneurs get up early by choice; but what rouses them from their sleep and what do they do with those waking hours, before the rest of the country awakes – what are their morning habits?
Clemmie Telford – mum-of-two (soon to be three) and founder of the brilliant blog Mother of All Lists – shares her 5am thoughts, in list form. They include: food-planning, texting fellow parents-of-young-kids and not reflecting on how much sleep she’s had…
Up at 5am? Well you’re in good company, as some of the world’s most successful people (Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Karen Blackett) get up early too. Here’s what they do in the early hours, while the rest of us sleep…
“I spend 20 minutes getting ready in the morning; no more, no less. And I plan what I’m wearing the night before.” Charlotte Denn, the founder of kids’ clothing label What Mother Made, on mornings with her husband and their three children…
Helen and Oliver Jackson were unhappy in their office jobs so after the birth of their daughter, they both opted for a career change. Helen re-trained as a florist and launched Petal and Pot, Oliver as a carpenter – he runs Work the Plank. Here’s their story…
He recently left London for a calmer life by the sea in Margate. We talk to TV presenter Ayo Akinwolere about breakfast preferences, how the French do mornings, music to listen to first thing and the dream weekend…