Last year, a builder absconded with $37,000 of our savings, turning our lives upside-down. Despite the initial pain, reflecting on the experience now fills me with deep gratitude.
Picture a world without the constant ticking of the clock or the relentless pressure of deadlines – where time isn’t sliced into minutes, hours, or appointments, as we know it today…
It can be hard to say “no” or “not yet” at work, even when it’s for good reasons. The art of saying “no” is almost always emotional work, and a skill we need to practice…
Sometimes a technology is so disruptively brilliant that it cannot be ignored. Chat GPT is one of those technologies. But will it truly make us more productive?
We all want to be productive – but what IS productivity? Sounds like a simple question but the answer is more complicated than you think – and worthwhile considering at the start of a new year …
There is a saying: “Live every day as if it is your last.” This may sound like good advice but can we really live this way? For wisdom is both contextual and time-oriented, and must be shaped by our age and stage of life …
I used to be a perfectionist. This caused me stress, reduced my creativity and prevented me from taking risks. But not anymore. Now I make purple pancakes. Let me explain …
The ever quotable Elon Musk has suggested “we are all cyborgs now.” Many of us live our lives online and are dependent on our devices for almost everything. This is particularly true since lock down. Cyborg has become the new normal. There are, of course, plus sides to being half-human, half-machine. We can work from … Continued
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Sounds like good advice, but research suggests that it’s not quite right. To achieve complex goals across work and life, it is essential to develop Way-Power.
The second mountain is a noble but quiet journey. Unlike the first mountain, it happens inside of us and is hard for others to see. We rarely choose to climb this mountain, as it involves loss and suffering, but the older we get, the more unavoidable this climb becomes.