In the daily grind of work, consider where you are today in terms of the tasks, projects and progress you’ve made.
How different would your life be if you’d been at this place exactly one week ago?
Just 40 hours is the difference.
How many hours did you waste in the past week doing low value stuff?
A message to myself.
“Thinking that all complex problems must have a simple solution.” An extension of Narrative Fallacy. We see this all the time – and likely fall into the trap ourselves – of thinking that an elegantly presented explanation of a solution to a complex problem is true. The sheer elegance of it must be proof of validity. Often accompanied by the even bigger trap of dismissing...
The following photo is from my daily dogs calendar yesterday: We’ve all likely seen videos of people rushing back into burning buildings to rescue their pets. What I didn’t realise was how common it was – as per the above photo – with half of disaster victims refusing to evacuate in that case due to staying for their pets. These aren’t isolated, rare cases. So much...
My wife has just launched her latest book. She’s a rare mix of skills – not only is she a funny and insightful writer (and very creative), but she’s also very technical. She taught herself how to use a bunch of tools to prepare it, then format it for Kindle, upload, set up Stripe and PayPal, build out a site on PayHip and integrate it into her website. Everything from start to...
Word of the week: Pronoia
“Pronoia describes a state of mind that is the opposite of paranoia. Whereas a person suffering from paranoia feels that persons or entities are conspiring against them, a person experiencing pronoia believes that the world around them conspires to do them good.”
I’m not saying being in either state is a good thing, but if you had to choose one…
As I write this, Threads (the new social platform from Meta) has just passed 100M users. In 5 days. Interesting times. I’m really enjoying the freedom of a fresh start. I have hardly any followers on Threads and thus don’t feel at all constrained in what I share. This might seem odd (for a marketer to say) but for me there’s a pressure on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram –...
Some songs have that moment.
That part you rewind and play/listen/watch over and over again.
Here’s Alter Bridge performing Words Darker than their Wings live at the Royal Albert Hall a few years ago.
The moment comes around 5:49 when Myles hits that note.
The crowd response is appropriate, and Mark gives him that nod at 5:58.
I’ve watched this so many times.
I only learned yesterday the sad news that Margaret Urlich passed away a few months ago (23 August 2022).
Cancer.
She was only 57.
Glenn A Baker’s tribute is the best I’ve read.
(Apologies to readers outside Australia – the following applies to local politics) The upcoming Australian Federal Election is going to be so, so interesting. If the recent local election – we’re in Willoughby (part of Sydney in NSW) – is any guide the swing away from major parties is surprisingly high. It looks as though Liberals will just hold on, but only after a...
A few thoughts on current events. Mostly just preaching to myself here.