In the supermarket yesterday I faced a quandary. It involved avocados. As Hamlet would have said – “To buy or not to buy?” The quandary is always the same… Avocados are unpredictable. How they look on the outside doesn’t always tell the story of what’s inside. At the moment they’re out of season here. They…
DetailsHere’s what it’s not. You’re not being called to doubt yourself. Or to suffer paralysis by analysis. None of us are being called to be ordinary. And we’re not being called to play stalling games and get tangled in excuses. Although it’s easy to get blinded by the sheer overwhelming number of options screaming out…
DetailsIt’s funny how things seem to be accidental but then afterwards you kind of wonder. For instance the other day in my email I mentioned Joseph Conrad telling you to “Follow your bliss”. But as a few people pointed out, of course, it was actually Joseph Campbell. J.Conrad wrote “Heart of Darkness”. The inspiration for…
DetailsIt was a sticky note someone had left on his car saying: “Have a good day and smile” Like a random message of kindness. Wonderful! And it got me thinking… If I was going to grab a sticky note and scribble something helpful and generous… What would it be? What would you write? You don’t…
DetailsBecause, as their inventor Dean Kamen famously said: “The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle” It was a strange but very cool experience… At first it was wobbly. But then it was fun. The experience reinforced two powerful lessons for me. 1. Balancing can be difficult at first but, persevere and…
Details“How can I discover my source code?” and “I just don’t know what I’m good at or what my purpose is” The quick answer is to focus on what you enjoy doing. In the words of Joseph Campbell “Follow Your Bliss” FYB is not the destination. It’s the journey. The thing is you can’t discover…
DetailsIn fact, it’s fine to sometimes feel 0%. Crushed and deflated. Nothing for us to feel guilty about. But we do anyway. Somehow we have to show the world our perfect, struggling, martyr-like self. “Hey look at me dancing in the rain and smiling through it all. Even though I have toothache and credit card…
DetailsYesterday my daughter started giggling in the back seat of the car. And she giggled so much she couldn’t stop. I said “Be careful or you’ll run out of batteries” Which made her laugh even more. Measuring energy can abstract. But we know it’s a real thing. How much energy will it take to turn…
DetailsI had a teacher called Mr Durham. He told my mother that I had a PROBLEM. Apparently, I kept standing up and walking out of class because I was bored. I can vouch that this is probably true. To me he was boring (other than the fact he drove the miniature train at the local…
DetailsEvery day survived is a miracle and a gift. I shudder when I look back and remember taking entire days for granted without celebrating and squeezing every last drop of juice from them. Our days and our gifts are simply not for squandering. I’m not something for us to feel guilty about. (That doesn’t help…
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