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4 Ways to Boost Your Confidence When Streaming With a Camera
One of the best ways to grow your stream is to set up a camera so that the audience can see you in real-time. This is because when viewers watch a stream, many do so to watch the player themself. However, if you have never experienced doing anything in front of people...
5 CVs/Résumés that Won’t Get you an Interview
5 CV Mistakes That Won’t Get You a Call Back You’ve been through our guides to CV creation like the good jobhunter you are, yet somehow that phone never rings. WHY? “Why don’t they call me, Robin?” you ask, desperately seeking Susan answers. Well my friend, if you...
Werewolf: Live! Review
Werewolves of London, Edinburgh, and Beyond: Live (The Review) Dawn breaks at the quiet little village (which the audience just named, and used something related to the heat rather than a dick joke) and all is peaceful… At least until the latest victim of the werewolf...
5 Epic Tools for Productivity
How to stay Productive and Focused when EVERYTHING wants your Attention Its getting incredibly difficult to get some alone time when your phone, email, Netflix and your procrastinating mind want you to all focus on them, all the time. Let me take a stab...
The Top 5 Hidden Tests at Job Interviews
Five Ways Interviewers are Testing You (without you even realising you're being tested) SO YOU GOT AN INTERVIEW! Sweet. Nailed it. Your CV sang like Chop Chop Master Onion (OK it rapped but that doesn’t work as well), the recruiter/recruiting manager saw what they...
Who Am I? My Hero’s Journey With RPG Tabletop Gaming
Who Am I To Be Writing About Turning Geeks Into Superheroes Through Tabletop RPGs? When I started writing articles for Coaching for Geeks, I decided I wanted to continue with an article about helping folks bring out their own gaming superheroes. But I think...
Work: 30 Life Lessons To My Younger Self
I turned 30 this year, and I reflected on some life lessons about my relationships and the nature of love. It really does feel like a significant number, because I’ve learned so much in this time and yet I know there is SO much more to learn. (And re-learn!) ...
Making Your First YouTube Video With Paranerdnicky
So you want to be a YouTube video content creator? Great! But how do I get people to listen to me? There's millions of people doing the same thing and... *cue exsistential crisis* Now, I don't have millions of subscribers but I do have a wonderful and growing...
The Truth About Fat Loss And Muscle Gains
Results can still happen even when the number on the scale doesn’t move much. Take a real case study with one of our members John Pham aka J-Pham. This before and after pic is actually 30 days apart which is amazing in itself. He did all the work himself. All we did...
Comic Conned? When Conventions Go Bust
Have you been Comic Conned? Remember when I wrote about attending Birmingham Horror Con? I had such a great time; I wanted to attend more of this company's conventions. London mainly, as I wanted to meet Andy from the Chucky movies. I'd even booked for their...
Seven Steps to an Awesome School Leaver’s CV
That’s it! School's out! For... summer, for... ever! https://youtu.be/2Oo8QzDHimQ You might have booked that road trip, that holiday, and planned that EPIC night out. Or maybe, you can't quite afford it yet. Maybe, you are fired up with passion at the very start...
UK Games Expo: The Survival Guide
What is UK Games Expo? Well, it’s an expo, not a convention. Fancy! It’s great big tabletop gaming convention; boardgames, wargames, cardgames, roleplaying games. Plus nerdy entertainment shows, a Viking village… in their own words: UK Games Expo (UKGE)...
Mental Health Is Your Super Power – Cosplayers’ Top Tips
What comes up for you when the term “Mental Health” is mentioned? Does it make you feel uncomfortable? Do you feel anxious or sad? Many people struggle with their own thoughts along with the stigma that comes up with it. Here's my post on what I found out about the...
It Shouldn’t Happen To A Cosplayer… Cosplay Catastrophes
Beth Malcolm of Amazonian Cosplay, is an experienced cosplayer; participating in competitive cosplay events and spending months of time (and wages) on her intricate cosplay creations. She has appeared on the podcast and on stage with Coaching for Geeks’ own Robin at...
Block By Block: Build Your LinkedIn Profile
OH Linkedin. How we laughed at you... And now you’re a big deal. Seriously. You need to have a LinkedIn profile at the moment. LET’S RUN THE NUMBERS! Over 433 Million members in over 200 countries That’s a lot of people and a lot of countries. Over 90%...
What Assholes Have That You Don’t: Your Key To Dating Success
It was the first time in over 4 months, since the end of my marriage, that I felt a tiny level of confidence to go out and give a shot at finding a partner. My friends – an excitable bunch – threw together a night of vocal musings at the Karaoke bar for just such an...
Do Insomniac Androids Wish They Dreamed Of Electric Sheep? Sleep Better With Us
The Coaching for Geeks health expert, Robert House, tackles sleep, and lack there thereof (and no, I won’t make a corny Kingdom Hearts reference mostly because I myself am too tired to think of anything clever – Robin) In this tricky sequel article (debut: How...
What’s the BIG Festival, Brazil?
BIG Festival 2018 Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival is finally here and Anderson Araújo from Coaching for Geeks went along to take a closer look into all the great games they brought us this year. BIG Festival has taken place every year...
Sometimes Your Dream Job Sucks
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius Ah, the dream job. That elusive creature we’ve hunted for since childhood. That magical convergence of our purpose, passion, talents, and mission. The place where...
How To Not Be The Villain In A Tabletop Game
Here at Coaching for Geeks, our tagline is “Turning geeks into superheroes.” Of all the geeky pastimes out there, probably the most geeky is the hobby of tabletop roleplaying games. From the publishing of the first and most venerable RPG rule set, Dungeons...
You Don’t Have A Slow Metabolism, You’re Just Lazy.
Do you have a slow metabolism? We’ve heard it time and time again. “I’ve tried EVERY diet and track everything I’m eating but nothing seems to work. I just have slow metabolism.” Out of thousands of clients I've worked with only TWO have actually...