#0712 Roadblocks Rock
We’d never have rivers if water gave up when an obstacle felt too big. The light bulb, the plane and countless other innovations, all exist because they found a way. Nothing amazing happens in a…
Category: Process
#0704 Knee Deep
You are too shallow. Ticking the box is great, but stopping there just makes you busy. Getting the task done feels like an achievement but to go from good to great you must go deeper….
#0695 Random Conversations
How did I end up here. You’re free styling in a conversation with a friend about housing prices and end up talking about the extinction of the Dodo. Without direction or purpose the number of…
#0675 Overthinking
I rarely sit down to write with an idea in mind. Yet when I sit in my armchair, something invariably comes to me. Starting with a word or two and it flows from there. A…
#0673 Persistence
You win some, you lose plenty. A memorable phrase for any sales person to accept. Part of the process is to filter out those who do not suit or are not ready for what it…
#0668 What You Do Not See
It is easy to think the grass is greener, anywhere but where you are at. What many will not appreciate is the work that goes into making it green. The drainage system, the soil conditioning,…
#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…
#0642 Stripping Back
The more you have, the more you need to maintain. We surround ourselves with systems, processes, hacks, tech, stuff that eventually stop working, costing us time and money. Many businesses have over complicated how they…
#0631 Do Not Wait
You do not need to know if it will work, but you do need to try to see if it will. Have an idea, take some action, adapt based on your action, take some more…
#0628 Volume Uncovers Value
You do not know if it will work, no-one does. Whenever you release content you can only do your best educated guess, the value is determined by your audience. To further understand value you must…
#0625 Micro Outsourcing
There is always one. The thing that stops you from doing your thing. You have tried to break through but there is that blocker preventing you from executing. You know the one, your nemesis. Acknowledge…
#0620 Innovate
It probably will not work, but try anyway. The task sucks, so find a better way. Do not assume it has to be done that way. Put in the reps, fine tune what you do,…
#0616 Learn Fast
By the time you think it is perfect, the moment may have slipped by. Better to get it out there and learn from the experience. Move fast, break a few eggs, reflect and analyse then…
#0596 Nailed It
In a world where there’s an app for that, should you do it yourself. A dilemma I find myself in often. If it is easy, quick and probably cheap to do it yourself, should you….
#0595 Compounding
Stand alone, 10 minutes of anything does not amount to much. Ten minutes a day for a year is the equivalent of a week and a half of work. There are infinite ways to spend…
#0593 Your Best Year
Have you ever pulled apart a smartphone, precision engineering at its finest. Yet they improve on it year on year. Apple could have stopped when they hit iPhone 4 as it was far ahead of…
#0592 Two Sides
Should you be consuming or creating right now. Waiting for calls or making them. Reading a book or writing one. Spending money or making money. Procrastinating or doing. Complaining about something you lack or being…
#0591 Perfectionism
Does it need to be perfect or is it more important to get it out there. We stress about the small stuff most will not notice. And if they do, in most cases they will…
#0582 Manipulating Time
30 minute meals my ass. Timing is everything when it comes to cooking. What to do when can be the difference between a 2 hour disaster and a 30 minute masterpiece. A master can serve…
#0579 The Journey
Have you noticed the theory of relativity in action. It takes forever to catchup to the car in front on the freeway yet when you pass, it disappear quickly behind you. Same theory works in…