“ABO” – Always be organising. Organising is one of the quickest ways to generate energy, because once you’re on the hook, you’re on. The other beauty is you don’t even need an urgent project – the act of “organising” can become its own thing. Here are seven ways to generate energy, including a few key...
I could see off in the distance two small figures bouncing up and down on the side of the road. I was driving toward the beach at the time, just before sunset. I got closer, I could see it was two teenagers dressed up in uniforms, and were holding big discount signs for a takeaway...
When you walk into a room, head to the gym, serve a customer, you have a choice. You can expect attitudinal symmetry – hope that the other person meets you in the middle (a “mutual” exchange, nice energy all ’round maybe?) – or you can be ready for asymmetry. You can choose to adjust. You...
Where my parents live in NZ, there’s a park with a few trailer-boats lined up. When their owners go fishing, they just hook up the boat and head down the boat ramp. Mostly mid-90’s boats, a bit of fading paint. Yellow awning on one… And then there’s the boat plane. This is a small boat...
Really? When you order a coffee, which is “smaller:” The $3.00 you hand over, or, the pause, smile and-heart-felt-thank-you that you can choose to give the barista who was up at 4:30am for doors open at 6? The “small stuff” creates the moment. It creates the resonance. The “small stuff” creates the fabric of your...
When you go fishing, and get a “birds nest” in the reel, it’s complicated. Line everywhere. Only hope you have to untangle it is a slow, methodical unravelling of the mess. Maybe let’s start at the end… When you watch a school of fish move, it’s not complicated, but it is complex. Simple back and...
Content creation, or more specifically, the wide-open sea that is social media, can be a huge time suck. Kinda like email, but with a never-ending-sparkling-dopamine-rollercoaster added in. Business, some real friends, “friends,” family, “followers,” events, debates. It’s like going snorkelling in the middle of the bottomless ocean – how deep do you want to dive?...
A while back I interviewed one of my “heroes” Seth Godin on the podcast. We were talking about that feeling of tension that comes up with publishing work, or with anything that involves emotional labour, or putting yourself out there. Seth put it pretty simply. “I don’t think it’s any different than being a plumber.”...
