It seems there are (at least) two levels of stupid. Level 1 stupidity is being totally uninformed. On big topics. Fuel prices, vaccines, One Nation, ICE, Iran, Trump, raw milk, etc. That’s the first level of stupid. But the second level of stupid is when people who actually understand the issues – for example, experts in their fields, understanding the complexity of the world, informed on...
This year my theme is: Streamline Across everything: life, business, health, wealth, relationships… I’ve even streamlined my work office, moving to a smaller, simpler office, removing a ton of stuff accumulated over the years. For XEN, we’re making streamline our guiding theme. We’re applying this principle to our internal processes, our tech stack, our product and service...
Look around. So many people just wanting to live their best lives. People from all walks of life. Young, old, ugly, beautiful, smart, dumb, rich, poor, short, tall… Should it be a crime if you deliberately get in the way of someone trying to live their best life? Perhaps. Should we incentivise helping people lead their best lives? If so, how? How can I live my best life? How can I help...
Steve Wozniak recently commented about wealth and success. His point was simple: “I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness… Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns.” It’s an attitude that’s neither right nor wrong — but it’s right for him. Woz is very wealthy by many...
I was leaving the office late the other night, and chatted with the cleaners. They are always here late, doing an excellent (but I suspect, largely unknown) job. I asked them what time they usually finished. Around 11:30pm. Is this your second job? Yes, they turn up at the office block around 6:30pm most nights, after finishing their day job. They work hard. But they are ‘just...
If you know me, you know I’m not the ‘networking’ type – instead I’m the ‘hide in the corner’ type. But, tough as it is, I’ve been trying to attend a few in-person events lately and ‘network’ with people. A quick note: Our head designer created two simple images for me: An overview image with a QR code that I use as my iPhone wallpaper...
People outsource their thinking all the time. You. Me. Partly because we need to (there’s too many decisions to make daily) and partly because we’re lazy. Sometimes we outsource our thinking and mistakenly think we’re embracing the so-called ‘Wisdom of the Crowd‘. A quick example. Two Asian noodle places are located nearby. One has a big queue outside and the other...
Of being in flow, and the time flies by.
Yet at the end of the day wishing I had got so much more done.
I’d been wondering why I was getting pain in my right shoulder recently. Nothing sharp, just a dull ache by the end of the day. I realised (by accident) that it was the height of my standing desk. I’d bumped the height switch a few days prior and the height had gone from 84 up to 85. And in the following days the shoulder pain started. I took it back down to 84 (ie 1cm lower), and the...
Game changer Definition: Any new feature—no matter how basic or specific to a particular area—which is talked about breathlessly on social media as if it’s going to unlock some amazing new level of productivity or performance. Usually accompanied by at least one fire emoji. Ideally, if it is in beta, that makes it more of a game changer. Bonus: if it’s a private beta, then it’s...