Mike Dicks - Who's saying you can't do what you want to do?

In this conversation we explored:

Why people often apologise for the work they doThe stories we tell ourselves and how they can limit our developmentThe inevitably of the ups and downs in our livesWhy he eventually got expelled from collegeHis first job selling computers at DixonsMeeting Sir Clive SinclairHis expected life trajectory of marry, kids, mortgage His problem with authority His ability to translate the features of technology into the benefits for humansThe moment he realised his employer was trying to trap himWhy it's important to expose your kids to people who live different livesWhy Mike leaves things to the last minuteThe healthy discipline of deadlinesCareers 1, 2 and 3How a career in TV lead to a career developing websites for Channel 4Why people try so hard to see something new as a minor variation of something old when in fact it's so very different How Mike got TV Producers Why Mike and authority are not comfortable bedfellows. Why he's the captain of his own ship and how he takes full responsibility for it.  Mike's Beatles moment when he turned down the opportunity to develop the Big Brother website because he thought the whole Big Brother idea was a stupid conceptWhy Mike operates at the bleeding edge and why it doesn't make financial senseWhat happens to cool ideas when the money men arriveEdisons idea that the best use of the telephone was to broadcast the opera directly into peoples homes  The importance of vision versus the dangers of being wedded to itWould you want to be Elon Musk?3D printing and space exploration as the bleeding edge technologies of now Wanting to be remembered for somethingWhy Mike changed his story from 'I've had so many bad bosses' to 'I shouldn't have a boss'  Why pilots died when the designers designed for Mr Average The moment Mike was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)How Mike's fatigue facilitated focusHow Mike managed to treat his Cancer as a selfish creative CancerMustard Gas = ChemotherapyThe importance of white blood cells and why they're like aged skinheads The importance of managing energy when you have the CLL cancerWhy you should have a blood test if your neck starts swelling up and your energy levels are low   The importance of doing things that make you or the people you love happy and not the things you feel compelled to doThe importance of dealing, living and dying gracefully with cancerWhy people stick with work they don't enjoy when they could stop and learn to live on less money Why Mike got a rescue dog and how Scrabble taught himThe unexpected consequence of UKIP taking offence to one of Mike's tweetWhy he watched every single episode of TrumptonWhy it's important to say what he wants and if the audience reacts well he explores it further His search for a lovely publisherThe joy of negotiating a publishing deal through his dogHow Greta Thunberg talks truth to powerThe rough and the smooth of changes to our DNAPoo powered rocketsThe joy of seeing his art on someone else's wallWhat it's like to live day-to-day

A few nice quotes:

"Whose voice is it telling you that you shouldn't do something you want to do?" Mike Dicks   

"I love deadlines, I love the whooshing sound as they pass me by" Douglas Adams
"Why do we work so hard to impress the people we so dislike?" Cameron and Rob
"Neil Armstrong left a poo on the moon" Mike Dicks
"Every 24 hours you get another chance to have a good day" Mike&Scrabble
"How can you release yourself from the trap of money?" Mike Dicks
"There is a dog for everyone, if you don’t have one it’s because you haven’t met enough dogs yet" Mike&Scrabble

Mike's Shop
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Peter Dawe
BPS Space (Elon Musk's Prodigy) 
99 Designs
Scrabble & friends on the Number 25 bus
Greta Thunberg - full speech
The Brexit Comic

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