#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…
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#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…
#0590 Do Not Stop
If you have ever been for a run, particularly when starting out there will be times you jog and times you walk. Ideally though, you do not stop. As you get fitter the jogs become…
#0589 Evolution
In my twenties I was keen to learn and was a sponge.In my thirties I knew everything and was invincible.In my forties I questioned everything and became skeptical about everyone.In my fifties I realised I…
#0588 Hand Crafted
Is ‘minimum viable product’ mentality hurting us? I get the need to get something to market quickly in order to test if it is going to fly, but what are we not getting in exchange….
#0587 Running Out Of Excuses
We needed the tools to be successful but they were expensive and out of reach for many. Now the tools are cheap or free. We lacked the skillset of the in demand few to build…
#0586 Oh The Travesty
Why do couriers always seem to come when you are in the shower? Now this isn’t true by a long shot but that is the one you remember. Also true for the disaster on your…
# 0585 Pleaser
You can buy a burger for $5, you can experience one for $50. There are those who would never splash out on a fifty dollar burger and there are those who would not blink an…
#0584 Busy
There are two types of busy. Those who are constantly busy keeping up with their to-do list and onto the next. Then there are those who recognise that doing is only part of the equation,…
#0583 Your Uniqueness
Everything started as hand crafted by many until industrialisation kicked in when everything became mass produced by a few key players. We then craved the hand made and sites like Etsy took off. You can…
#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…
#0581 Energy
Any action requires effort.Effort consumes energy. There are some things that use your energy to keep you alive and you have no control over.Then there is the energy you get to decide how it is…
#0580 Adding Soul
My 18 year old daughter hosted a pool party this summer for a bunch of her girlfriends. For the most part, it was the sound of music blasting in the background and a dozen voices…
#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…
#0578 Ideas Are Easy
So you think you have a million dollar idea, so best to keep it a secret…wrong. Ideas are easy, execution is hard. Seriously, no-one is likely to steal your idea no matter how awesome you…
#0577 Tiny Details Add Up
It’s the little things you should pay attention to. These are the things that make you stand out from the other 98%. The biscotti with your coffee, the thank you note, the attention do detail…
#0576 Not So Grumpy
Listening rather than talking.Asking more, telling less.Being opened and not closed minded.Positivity in preference to negativity.Smiling over scowling. These are the traits I now look for in others, but also a reminder to emanate them…
#0575 Autopilot
A deep insight from a good friend… “On many days, I wake up with largely the same thoughts, thereby triggering largely the same emotions, thereby driving the same behaviours, thereby creating the same experiences day…
#0574 Do as you Say
Communicate what you can do, then do as you say. Telling me what I want to hear and then not delivering on that promise will lead to mistrust. Actions ultimately speak louder than words.