I was leaving the city, and passing through the outskirts of town. On the left, I saw a blue house which stuck out a little closer to the nature strip by the street. The blue paint was fading and peeling in spots, and against the bright blue sky, it looked almost had a greyish tinge....

First ten workouts, first ten blog posts, first ten cold showers right when you get up… The “first ten” gets us on the court. We don’t grease the groove, we’re just figuring out where the groove might be… It’s a (great) start. The “first one hundred” means we’re in the conversation. We’ve had a decent...

There’s immense power in organising – in being the connector, the event creator or the instigator. And conversely, there’s a downside in being the canceller. Almost regardless of the reason, if we cancel (either the total event, or our participation in the event), we do a few things: We send a signal to yourself, and...

Activity means buzz. A loop. Fish swimming around, feeding on the surface. Action is a vector – it has direction and intent. Not a loop, but a journey. A fish or a bird striking. Sometimes there’s a place for activity, but all too often it becomes a stand-in for action. It lets us hang on...

In 2015, Pinkfong created the Baby Shark song. Prior to that, the global kids media brand based in South Korea had released hundreds of products, including over 400 different apps in the first five years, with none of them having much success. Now in 2020, the Baby Shark song and its variants have over 5...

A lot of focus in small biz is on the customer, which is important. But before that, it’s helpful to get clear on why we even want to get involved. Here are three questions to ask yourself before a new project, business or even health journey: Why am I doing this? What’s the intention here?...

Two weeks ago I got some business owners together for a breakfast. While we ate (and drank coffee,) each person shared a lesson from the year. It was fun. A bunch of stories from a range of businesses at different stages. And the types of lessons were unexpected. Less tactical, and more introspective, or mindset...

I stopped for some diesel, and a young guy next to me rolled in to fill up his car as well. As I filled up, I noticed him circling around the car for a bit, looking for something. Finally he comes back with about a metre of paper towels. I’m still filling up the diesel...