I was scanning the shelves at a bookstore a couple of weeks ago and saw a book called The 100 Day Goal Journal, subtitled “Accomplish What Matters To You”. And I thought, well, what would I try to accomplish in 100 days anyway? I’m currently powering along habit stacking and generally pleased with the incremental…
When you bob around on the Tube in London you’re constantly reminded to “mind the gap”. It’s so frequently stated (at every stop) that it’s become a meme. The gap of course is the space between the train and the platform, which can be hazardous if you aren’t watching where you’re walking, ie: minding the…
“Let us hope it will always be like this, each of us going on in our inexplicable ways building the universe.” – Mary Oliver, Song of the Builders After warm temperatures melted most of the snow left over from 2019 and the beginning of this month, we’re being dusted with fresh snow this morning. It’s…
“Consider a broad range of possibilities for how the future might unfold to help guide long-term planning and preparation…. The reason why we do reconnaissance is because we are uncertain. We don’t (and likely can’t) know how often things will turn out a certain way with exact precision…. By at least trying to assign probabilities,…
“In most of our decisions, we are not betting against another person. Rather, we are betting against all the future versions of ourselves that we are not choosing.” – Annie Duke, Thinking In Bets As we enter the first full work week of the New Year, I’m focused on this concept of Second Order Thinking…
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts” – William Shakespeare, from As You Like It If New Year’s Day is the day of hope and dreams and resolutions for the future, then January…
The chess board and the calendar are one and the same. For each demands strategy and each is a game, of reaction and discipline and boldness in kind. I marvel at masters, while struggling to keep more than two moves in mind I marvel at poets as well, for my words betray me as…
“No story lives unless someone wants to listen.” – J.K. Rowling There are two ways to look at this Rowling quote. There’s the story we try to sell to the audience – read my blog or my book, buy my product or service, hire me for the job, let’s do lunch… whatever. The story we…
The thing about Mondays is they mean different things to you based on your expectations for the week. Are you attacking an exciting project or slogging through a job you don’t like? Are you eagerly anticipating that could seal your rise in your career or dreading the thought of work that doesn’t inspire you? Are…
“The true joy in life is to be a force of fortune instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” – George Bernard Shaw I’ve used this quote to challenge myself a few times over the years. Shaw didn’t mince…
