Thacknology

Dave Fishwick's audacious ambition to bring Burnley it's own bank - and upturn the UK's financial apple cart - were derided. But Dave didn't take no for an answer. If you're seeking a feelgood film with plenty of surprises, this one's for you...

I needed an experience not dissimilar to the waltzers to propel me uncomfortably out my post-holiday lethargy. This movie was a multi-course masterclass in jerking awake from any stupor - possibly even a coma! Watch it. Devour it. Savour it. But for goodness sake, listen to this first...

Join Thack for another jam-packed walking tour - this time the island's capital, Las Palmas. And brace yourself for some words of wisdom that would flatten a massive marshmallow.

I was going to get on my feet and give you the grand tour of this 12 year-old maritime hulk. And I wish I had - halfway through recording this audio aberration, a large boy collapsed into my neighboring recliner and started noshing hard and loud on his triple cheeseburger and quadruple fries.

After what felt like a zillion years we finally turned this docked hotel into a moving one - and pointed all our noses at Madeira. On this TWO-PART (ooh pro-style!) you'll get a flavour of the ocean's motion and my thoughts about cougars.

It's day 1 proper of my Canaries cruise and time to mise on the past few days and what's ahead...

On this what's likely to be the best episode yet of Thacknology we're having a natter about what's led up to today and what's ahead. Consider this an enriching start to 2023. And if anything it'll make you feel a lot better about yourself knowing there's someone else who's very much a comparable underachiever.

Watch this film. Here's my review.

It's something to which I've devoted my entire life. And I want you to benefit from this commitmeny. Which is why I'm sharing with you the best ways I've discovered to master creative thinking. We're talking 10 brilliant tips. Get these in your life and you'll find everything's easier...

Let's tear it up, Thacknologistas. It's a blast having you with me for another 20 minutes packed with good times and better ideas. With just two weeks to go until tickets go on sale for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour, I'm getting all nostalgic about Folklore - THE album of our pandemic. And there's a ton of chat about my newest, and lifelong, endeavour to bring some happiness to everyone.  Take the quiz - and get a special, life-changing surprise. https://zeroefforthappy.outgrow.us/happy-audit

The biggest, hidden opportunity for any large business is to know itself. And the right hire is an organisational concierge

Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan are two of our most prolific comics. Here's how to catch a ride. And the latest on Love Island from its most adoring fan...

And has been for some time. Why do I love it? And what comes next?

Another amazing achievement from Newcastle tech scene's head boy and girl - Herb Kim and Emma Turnbull. Another masterclass in community building - and jaw dropping. A bouquet of magical memories to last a lifetime...

Skittish about your future or want to save cash at the checkout? Join Dave for a lovely wander down by Southport's Marine Lake...

Effective immediately the Thacknology podcast is Heart o Thack. It's about growth, perseverance and absolute nonsense. Get it NOW at https://thacknology.substack.com

There is an unending list of immense benefits for organisations charming their colleagues with personality and passion packed podcasts. If you're looking for a truly transformational tactic for your IC strategy, let's get on it!

A wonderful new format for an already wonderfully palatable pod. Tell me if it made you sizzle - or spew. dave@wordandmouth.com

For the first time in forever I cooked a meal from scratch that was more delicious than the first time I saw that black and white photo of Cindy Crawford. I want you to feel confident in the kitchen. Your journey starts here.

Who doesn't want their newsletters dripping with juicy ham and moist misadventures? Esmerelda's debauched chronicles are the latest in a long line of literary lasciviousness but the very first fodder of this genre from this master baker turned goddess of girded loins. Allison's got a winner on her hands with The Edible Erotic Adventures of Esmerelda Poppingcorn and you can - SHOULD - read it now. Get Esmerelda while she's hot at https://legitimatefoodporn.substack.com/ Follow Allison on Twitter at https://twitter.com/robicellis and on Insta - https://www.instagram.com/allisonrobicelli/

Martin Freeman stars as a Scouse bobby with more than his fair share of personal and professional angst. Is it worth your time?

You'll never hear a worse rendition of Russian accents so tuck in for a quarter-hour of unintentional comedy against the backdrop of a slightly amusing tale of betrayal, greed and numbers.

You never know what you're gonna get - like the best line in Forrest Gump. On today's variety pack we had another crack at Protobot (http://molly.is/experimenting/protobot/) to come up with a catchy brand for lickable finger polish. That and a recap of last night's Celebs Go Dating and why you should never commit to a project that doesn't give you the flutters.

I read an article on America's Test Kitchen all about how to improve your kitchen craft with 50 tweaks. Man, it's insanely useful. Get those 50 hacks, here: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/4259-50-tiny-skills-to-improve-your-cooking-today On today's show I also natter about some other stuff like trying to find teachers who are actually good, and helping businesses get their sh!t together.

Whatever we're doing in life requires way more context than it's given. Today's show reiterates the importance of context when you're asking someone to do something. The reason you don't get what you want is often because you're not being clear or EXPLICIT in your request. Just by reading that you saved 13 minutes listening to me. All the hacks, people!

Find yourself one thing you love doing and love doing it more. That's the secret for smashing 2022.

Pig's heart finally crosses the Rubicon to human cavity - man delighted. Woman marries pink, not the rock star. Other woman thinks better of it and marries herself, instead. This and lots more on today's Thacknology, your alternative round-up of the day's events.

You have to watch this. It is an extraordinary movie on so many levels. Grab yourself a VIP seat and get into it. Delicious stuff.

You'll only listen to this shizz if you're up for a bit of fun so I ain't even gonna bother with meaningful titles. JUST ENJOY IT.

What does it mean to be the real you? It means having the courage to do what others don't. To challenge the norm - and to define your own. I spent 47 ywars trying to put my square peg in a round hole. Now all the holes are square. Find out why - and how you can find your own.

I'm gloomy. In that enthusiastically gloomy way that characterises those moments when I despair but with the joy of optimism in my heart. Please join me for a peer inside the circus tent that is Southport Market, a brand new food destination for the North West's best seaside resort.

I want simple. We deserve, need, simple. That's the subject of today's audio adventure. And this crazy-fun Netflix series. Hugely recommended. Come along - it's a fun ride.

Catching up with some great short watches and long indulgences. In Therapy is a great fly on the wall drama about fictional patients and their patient therapist. The Mule is an astonishing movie starring Clint Eastwood, who somehow still commands the set with one foot in the grave.

Happy weekend to ya. Even with just hours to go until England meets its fate - triumphant quarter-finalists, or triumphant in defeat - you've still got time to catch feels on the past week. With #AudioMo well and truly wrapped for another year, I've been lucky enough to dive into new things. And discover new truths about how to be better. Because that's all this show is about. How, together, we can be better. Let's get into it.

#AudioMo is AudioNo more. For 11 months. What a blast! Congrats everyone who stayed the course. Let's do it again soon!

In 29 days of #AudioMo I've never been less inspired. Even then, today's episode is still a ripper. Love Island's begun. There's a plant in Israel knocking out 5,000 meaty burgers a day - with nary an animal in sight. Let's get some!

Meet your cast for this year's spectacle of sex, sass and sauce. And talking about sauce - find out what happened when I tried to make risotto the Wolfgang Puck way...

I love you. I love wind. I love word. I love to wend. Imagine the delight incoming on coalescence of this provocative troika.

My heart belongs to Warnemunde. It's the prettiest port. A model. The perfect segue to what comes next.

Who knew making a big mess of bedwear would lead to winning a client pitch!

There's a movement to capture everything we know in a way we can find it. Building a second brain. Knowledge management. I use Obsidian. It's free. It works. And it connects to cloud storage. obsidian.md - go get it!

Nice little meander and natter for today. Brief bit of bants about Seth and Matt but otherwise it's the rudimentary straight-talking stuff. Look after each other!

It's taken 8 weeks to fully form an adult Thack. But the results are already starting to bear fruit across my lives. A happier, more confident me. And if you follow some of the advice in this show - you, too, can live a Florida lifestyle!

It's Prime Day (of two) and I'm becoming increasingly concerned by the frothily fascist bent of GBNews. Far right AND far out. I'm in a proper pre-Tuesday tizz.

Refuse to change and you refuse to succeed. Just ask Yahoo!

What do you do with a utility that's essential to our safety and security - the very lowest tier in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? Why, you monetize it! Today I'm on a rant about the housing market and why pandemic-spawned landlords and flippers are the scourge of society. Profiting from others' misfortune, puffing up their savings already inflated by furlough payments. It's #AudioMo Day 19!

My old boss said I was unmanageable and a maverick and I never thanked her. It was a lesson in appreciation that doing the different takes courage, spirit, strength and single-mindedness. Different isn't what anyone wants. But it's what everyone needs.

My headphones keep falling out.

Carbonic anhydrase and P. polycephalum are 2021's graphene. Why? That's why you're here. Let's do this, #AudioMo!

Contemplative prose for you today. Writer of wrongs. Where next?

We are surrounded by the most magical mouths and minds and thankfully those Supersonic souls are arranged neatly within the hallowed halls of #AudioMo. Their job of the day is simple - to impart their list enjoyable reads of 2021.

Premature ejection of the #AudioMo for 14 June. Celebrating the community, commemorating our collective loveliness, commiserations what could have been...

Bloody ideas. They're like grains of sand. They get everywhere and when you least want them. But you can't get Beach Powder for ideas. You must just write them down. And so today began. Today's ideas were powering a project for an energy company. Which got me thinking - what do YOU do?

Musing on writing and how we got here. #AudioMo - day 12.

Rebooting my content and communications company. No designer. So I trawl the templates. And they dismay me. Restrictions rampant. Foraging for freedom. It's #Nudgestock2021 and #AudioMo. Let's go!

Bread to behavioural science - this week's seen it all. Fall in love with Japanese bread, join me for a one-day BS conference - or a walk on the beach. Welcome to #AudioMo - day 10.

There are tons of opportunities for you to achieve peak joyfulness. Some of them will soon be in your ears to savour. It's day 9 of #AudioMo. Have a blessed one!

Hot from a ropey day Tuesday has gone bounce back ballistic! I have some sassy tips for you on this ep - so stay tuned and attempt to avoid delirium.

Think of your mind as the house. Ears as the doors and windows. I'm going to come and Nick Knowles your rooms. Buff up their entrances. Let's make a beautiful home together here at Thacknology - our beautiful retreat where you'll always find me, Dave Thackeray. Every day I'm trawling the web and world for ideas and inspiration to make your life a little more lavish. More often than not it's just a plain old fun factory highlighting things to make us smarter, speedier and smilier. Don't forget to leave me a message if you want something discussed on Thacknology. Stick around. If only to keep me company. And it can only get better from here. Thanks for being you. And for us. Welcome to Team Thacknology!

I'm obsessed with a heartful missile. Newsletters straight from the soul. Exposed, vulnerable. To know you. And that's today's #AudioMo.

Big love to all making it here unblemished, unfettered, unaware. Photo from the first-ever Southport Makers Market. Today.

Day 5 of #AudioMo. Cleanly cutting a melon this morning I cherished mastery of the trivial. Those first principles yield the greatest happiness. Few of us want to nail the basics. I always wanted to be a great guitarist but wanted to fast-forward beyond the beginner's toil. Not how life works. Begin basic. Reap the rewards.

Today's bee in Thack's bonnet is remote working. Why are organisations still grappling with this concept? We're more than a year in and bosses are desperate to restore control of their colleagues. Why? Five reasons. All in this show.

I had a job interview today. It was fun. With fun people. Talking about helping people. It made me think what I have become. How I became unmanageable and a maverick. And the value of sharing what makes me, with you. I've come to realise that being a maverick isn't career-limiting. It's a superpower. Mavericks change the world. We all need to be more maverick. Especially as content creators. Want to be heard? Don't be part of the herd.

It can even be difficult building a habit around something you love. But it's easy when someone is rooting for you. I will help. Introducing your new accountability buddy - @DaveThackeray on Twitter

We're doing this. 30 days of discovery. No one knows what's coming next - except 29 more of these. Excited to be part of your life. Come be part of mine. https://twitter.com/DaveThackeray --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thack/message