There was a time as an endurance athlete that I really put some hours into the sport. Dozens of hours per week swimming, cycling, running, active recovery… Turns out, this approach was important to set me up for a couple key races. But for any other desired outcome or goal in my life, it wasn’t...

only work if we use them. If the support systems exist in reality, are effective and active, and we need to take some more responsibility. Either the system was designed for someone else, and we need to recognise that and speak up, or, far more often, we’re addicted to the story in our head that...

“Playfulness is a quality that’s closely associated with intelligence in mammals and birds.” – Dr. Ray Peat Playfulness is a sign of health. A dog, child, or even adult for that matter will recoil from playfulness and social interaction when their health or physical capacity is low. Playfulness means we have enough resources to bring...

Does your car mechanic “feel like” paying attention when they re-assemble your brakes? Does a pilot “feel like” being thorough with the pre-flight checklist? To be honest, I’m not sure, but I know one of two things needs to happen: Either they figure out a way to “feel like it” on a daily basis, or,...

It’s Wednesday here, the week wraps up on Sunday. What would it look like to give yourself the highest “grade” possible for how you show up between now and Sunday? If we agreed to give ourselves all an “A” today that was good for the week, how would we then live into this? What would...

“Is your agenda about mediocre obedience? Or, is your agenda about relentless curiosity?” – Seth Godin Compliance makes sense in the day to day, but as we move forward, in a lot of areas it can also be replicated, automated and digitised. What does non-compliance look like? The intersection between non-compliance and generosity is an...

There’s a joke around a lot of the coastal cities here where real estate has gone through the roof. “When you’re looking at buying, you just remove the “one” at the front.” So instead of $1,300,000, you just “see” it as $300,000. Then you can swallow the number and move forward. You remove the “million.”...

Personal story, personal energy (positive personal power) and personal brand is becoming essential to survive (or thrive) in small business. For the last half century, the main programs in the culture have been working to digitise society. We are already seeing this in everything from the shift towards online learning, news feed reliance, social distancing...