Try 50
In the light of Jonny Giger, why not take that discouragingly difficult thing you’re trying to learn* and commit to attempting it fifty times in… Read More »Try 50
In the light of Jonny Giger, why not take that discouragingly difficult thing you’re trying to learn* and commit to attempting it fifty times in… Read More »Try 50
Your posture matters: in conversation at the table or fireside; on a video call (especially on a video call!); with your kids; while you work… Read More »Leaning in and leaning out
If you could write a book – any kind of book – with a group of other people, who would they be? What would the… Read More »Just one chapter
Do you know what you need to do? Can you tell the difference between what’s important and what might be nice one day, and what’s… Read More »Clarity. Simplicity. Focus. Action. (Redux)
This is a piece of advice from The Four Hour Work Week that I need to re-learn and re-apply on a regular basis: Slow down… Read More »Tim Ferriss on time management as priority management
This is a good interview on the Tim Ferriss show, covering the Attention Economy and extractive economics more generally. Recommend. The fundamental place that went… Read More »Resource: Tristan Harris on the attention economy
“Who is this for?” Your work is always for you. This is true whether we’re working for pay or we’re parenting, whether we’re working on… Read More »The switch (1)
Peter Drucker and Stephen Covey ask the same simple question to get at the heart of these: “What do you want to be remembered for?”… Read More »Values and vision: the acid test
Nothing is really complete. That story always needs more context to fully understand, that lesson is inevitably missing something important, that job could always be… Read More »Cut it out, or the impossibility of completeness
There’s a good sort of just in time. We plan something, know what needs to happen and how, know what we need to do it… Read More »Just in time (1)