I am painfully ambitious. I have goals so big they are laughable. But the only thing that currently exceeds my drive, is my complete cluelessness. So, my type-A brain solves this problem the way it knows best - through analysis. And so, since graduating I have developed the strange pass-time of studying people I deem to be wildly successful. I'm talking full-blown highlighters out, notes taken, mind map type beat. Intense, I know, but let me at least try and justify this stra

How being rejected from my dream career was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. My final year at university was defined by relentless applications (and rejections) to big city finance firms. Like every other highly driven, ambitious and terrified graduate embarking on their career, I was seduced by the promise of money, reputation and most importantly, security. However, after months of rejection and my mother's unyielding lectures about how ill-suited I was to the r

Why social media is now a cornerstone in winning and maintaining political power, and why you should care about it. When I say social media, you probably think of some genetically blessed twenty-something making your yearly salary through posting about this new products she is obsessed  with... or if you are a millennial, perhaps some cat video (i don't know what you guys watch, but this is my best guess, sorry). But social media is evolving... It is quickly becoming a key to