Typically, I brew my coffee at home, with an Aeropress. But every once in a while, if I’m near a café where they are proud of their work, I’ll drop in for an espresso. I’ll pay for the coffee, and in that 15 minute period, I’ll get a specific, relatively “known” outcome. This is a...

This morning I had a 6:05am flight from Melbourne to Newcastle. I was staying in Belgrave, about an hour away from the airport. So I wake up to my alarm at 3:45, jump in the rental car, and arrive at the off-site car rental depot at 5:00. Perfect timing, we are about a 6 minute...

It’s a natural thing to shift towards complexity. More complex movement, more complex coffee names, more complex ways of writing, more complex spiritual concepts… Somehow it can feel as though as the complexity ratchets upwards, things improve. Well, sometimes, this is true. Many times though, it’s just a trap. A way to hide. If you...

“Creative” is an adjective. It’s also an identifier, a differentiator. And finally, it can be a limiter. Some of us feel that we are “creative.” Others of us feel that we are “not.” Either way, this can stop us in our tracks. This is how it often goes: If we aren’t creative, what right do...

Do I have to? or, Do I have to? Typically it’s the second – the things have to be done by someone… the question is, is it us? Whether it’s meal prep, cleaning your home, doing your marketing, or your sales, this is an important question, and comes back to being clear on our boundaries....

Whatever you’re working towards right now, it’s likely that there’s a team involved. Very little happens in isolation, and even then, our perception of ourselves was created through relationship. So the question is, how would even further alignment in your team help you towards your goals? What would it mean to have one or two...

If you create a short enough timeframe, it can feel like there’s always something getting done. All we really need to do is focus on the 60 second level, and then as soon as you’ve checked your email, you can consider yourself productive. But big things happen in big timeframes. Getting caught up in the...

In the 1998 Sydney to Hobart “blue water classic” yacht race, 55 sailors were rescued, six lives and five boats were lost. It was the most disastrous year in the race’s history. In open ocean racing (and many other sports), there typically is a locked in start date. In the Sydney to Hobart, they start...