King Cash
Cash flow is still king. It gives you options, confidence to make decisions, to keep moving forward, to grow. It needs to be regular, predictable, secure, robust. Cash flow allows you to control your own…
#0665 Listen and Wait
Dinner conversations can be a little chaotic at our place. Many voices vying for airtime, it’s fun but I am not sure anyone is listening. In a business setting, this kind of over-talking does not…
#0664 Risky Moves
Risk is not just about Win-Lose and rarely that clean cut. Reputation, trust, legal, brand and safety are just a few others. Also consider the human impact, burnout, relationships, goodwill. Instead of Win-Lose, think Win-Lose-Draw-Delay-Divert-Transform,…
#0663 Banks Hey
We expect the worst and convoluted is an understatement. Whilst organising some finance my bank sent me an email asking me to sign a document and return by email. Only problem, the request came from…
#0662 Go Deep
Stay with that thought. In meditation we aim to allow a thought to pass and then focus back on our breath. Thoughts come and go and that is the point. If you are trying to…
#0661 What Do We Do
Information has not been power since Google arrived. We have had access to all the world’s information for decades, information we still had to interpret. Now with AI we are handed an answer which for…
#0660 A Simple Existence
Where does the time go. At the blink of an eye I find myself in the latter years thinking about how to make the most of whatever time is afforded me. We spend so much…
#0659 The Cost of Email
When someone sends you an email, is it reasonable to expect a response within a day if not hours. I am conflicted on this one. Yes is my immediate reaction especially if the email is…
#0658 Governance
Just because you run your own business does not exclude you from governance. You must still act ethically on behalf of your stakeholders (you and your family) You must have a strategy backed by sufficient…
#0657 Lean In
You cannot half commit. If you have ever been on a motorcycle racetrack you soon realise that when you approach a corner at speed you must lean in, hard. Half measures will see you crash…
#0656 Father Time
Capture them all. We are quick to take photos of the good times yet rarely do we think to capture the everyday. I have thousands of photos of the kids, holidays and time spent with…
#0655 Playing Long
Patience is an underrated skill for any initiative. Playing long takes courage, backed with a healthy dose of conviction. A little like investing, time in the game has the benefit of compounding interest. And just…
#0654 Calm The Farm
Not sure it means much anymore. ‘It’s urgent’ has lost its power. False deadlines and nervous energy followed by silence and more flurry. Constructed deadlines disassociated with real strategy and often a side effect of…
#0653 Bank Them
You learn nothing when it works first go. The sum total of our experience is overwhelmingly banked from our mishaps. Little by little theses accumulate like a blue chip stock you have been sitting on…
#0652 Give It A Crack
There is a peace of mind that comes from knowing you are giving it your best shot. Regret stems from the notion you could have done more, tried a little harder, said yes instead of…
#0651 Navigating New
It has taken humans millions of years to evolve and AI just a whisper of time. Of course it will be flawed, a minefield of questions and many rabbit holes to explore. On your personal…
#0650 Addiction
It is difficult to distinguish between busy and productive. Just because you are sitting at your desk doing stuff, does not always equate to stuff that matters. The list is seductive, as is ticking off…
#0649 Breakthrough
It is too hard, so we stop. We reach our limit of patience, expertise, will, desire. It is no longer enjoyable so why continue. When you persist through the urges to give up is often…
#0648 Contemplating
There is a runway. You do not care in your twenties, distracted by maturity in your thirties and far too busy in your forties to even notice. Then it hits you, how much longer do…
#0647 The Merry Go Round
Round and round we go. If you find yourself in a loop, chances are you have reached the end of your expertise. Repeating the same things over in loop will not make them work any…