No breakthroughs
The water breaks through because upstream – far enough up that there isn’t any stream – there’s a drip, drip, drip. Enough drips to puddle,… Read More »No breakthroughs
Starting Out
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on scoring and missing
Sometimes people overlook… important statistics. My basketball hero, Wilt Chamberlain, who retired 56 years ago, still holds 72 NBA records, several of which are considered… Read More »Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on scoring and missing
Other hard starts
Loads of things are hard to start: Running doesn’t start feeling good until you’ve done it quite a lot Same goes for swimming Learning to… Read More »Other hard starts
Starting is the hard part
I’ve been making a mini Lego-alike model from Wisehawk: It’s tiny, fiddly fun. The instructions are clear, and it’s not rocket science… apart from at… Read More »Starting is the hard part
The Commitments (1):
Some things worth committing to: to service and impact for human-flourishing (vision, clarity and focus, outcomes more than processes, sustainability); to getting better every day… Read More »The Commitments (1):
The donut: getting going [guest post]
New initiatives can be a challenge can’t they? Plotting the course. Anticipating problems. Obsessing over details. Wondering how we’ll deal with XYZ scenarios in 6… Read More »The donut: getting going [guest post]
Old year’s resolutions
What can you tick off already? Good work on those. What do you need to quit – stop doing, stop trying to do, draw a… Read More »Old year’s resolutions
Compound interest
We all know about compound interest in the world of money. Save £100 a month for thirty years at one percent interest** and you’ll have… Read More »Compound interest
Test Scores vs A Body of Work
When you show up and say “here’s my resume,” basically you’ve just shared your SAT score … with the HR people. And the HR people… Read More »Test Scores vs A Body of Work
Ways in: ravelling the network
Interface A discipline, culture or scene is a network: a mesh of people, things, ideas and ways of doing things. It might be tightly defined,… Read More »Ways in: ravelling the network