No Guru
I love gurus. The feeling of hope and promise of new efficiency, productivity and meaning that a good one brings. Insights. Ideas. The catch is… Read More »No Guru
Stuart Patience
It’s not for you
It’s so easy to want everyone to love what we do. When we’re writing, we want everyone to think it’s great. In our work building… Read More »It’s not for you
Who is it for?
This is a lesson that I’ve been learning slowly, and for a long time. When presenting to a group or leading a training it’s easy… Read More »Who is it for?
One cigarette
Which smoke will kill you? According to a load of research, smoking just one cigarette a day does almost half the damage of smoking a… Read More »One cigarette
Air Pollution
The air is terrible in Jakarta at the moment – two or three times over the WHO recommended maximum. It’s easy to go down a… Read More »Air Pollution
100 posts for… us?
I’m a practising writer. These posts are first of all for me, and for no-one else, for the time being. No sharing until I hit… Read More »100 posts for… us?
100 days of showing up
“Ship it.” “Show up.” Today is the start of 100 days of showing up: shipping a blog post every day for 100 days. Not aiming… Read More »100 days of showing up
The Maestro
Vision isn’t just for what you want to achieve: it’s for who and how you want to be in the world. This type of vision-of-ourselves’… Read More »The Maestro
Moving targets
Marshall McLuhan apparently once wrote that “If it works, it’s obselete.” He’s wrong of course. The wheel, concrete and the humble fork are just three… Read More »Moving targets
Vision – See the Future
You have a gift: you can see the future. It’s easy to forget it, but you can. Or more accurately, we see futures, plural. Some… Read More »Vision – See the Future