Particularly difficult to swallow. We create the project, but then it flops. We reach out to someone, but it lands on deaf ears. We start a new movement or exercise routine, but then we get injured. Bad outcomes can scar us from moving forward. However, all of these may have been great decisions, even though...

Chris Anderson’s concept of the “long tail” described a revolution in the media business. This was a change from a small number of “hit” items selling in large volumes (The Beatles) to our current setup of a huge number of super-niche items selling in smaller volumes. The long tail concept was effectively fuelled by three...

“We don’t know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.” – John Cleese Really, we have no greater tool for distribution and change than the computer (even the one in your pocket) and the net. It is beyond ridiculous how powerful it...

We think about fitness. But really, it’s technique. For 99.9% of those who will toe the start line, the first step is to inquire into the question of “how can I run more efficiently?” The marathon is 42.2km, and each foot will strike the ground maybe 20,000 times. Whenever we have this many repetitions of...

At school, we used to show up because we were marked for attendance. If we didn’t show up enough, physically, we wouldn’t “pass.” For most people, at the gym or at a run group, they show up because they want the benefits of the exercise, and to belong to the group. There is a bias...

“I don’t have the bandwidth right now.” A semi-modern saying, meaning “there isn’t the mental capacity available to deal with whatever it is that someone is trying to add on.” While it’s very true that cognitive load is a drain on energy and can heavily compromise decision making skills (therefore impacting tasks that are already...

Recently I interviewed Jozef Frucek from Fighting Monkey on a podcast*. One of the things he talks about is bringing someone into a group setting in his workshops and “opening up the space”: “OK, you are into “movement,” let’s see you move.” No constraints, no starting point, just go. Obviously, for most of us, we’d...

I remember when the first iPod came out. My friend Adam got one. I thought it was ridiculous, and far too expensive. When the iPhone came out, here’s what Steve Balmer from Microsoft had to say. The thing is, when we are confronted by the new, we don’t know what to do. It breaks our...