Knowing the Answer Is Not Enough Change is dependent on action. Knowing is just a start. Change requires us to consistently act. Many times we know the answer, even when it comes to helping ourselves. We know what we should eat, how we should spend our time, which...
Every Swing to an Extreme Is a Search for Balance From left to right, and back again. Socialism to capitalism, and back again. Autocracy to democracy, and back again. Skinny to baggy, and back again. Consumerism to minimalism, and back again. The change is constant....
Decisions Are a Trade-Off Business Every personal and business decision we make has a trade-off. I can be healthy. But being healthy means I put up with the pain at the gym, I don't enjoy food the way I could, and I don't socialise over drinks. The benefit is real. So...
Be Fluid in Comfort, Stable in Challenge Comfort and challenge change us in opposite ways. Comfort makes us rigid and confident. When things are going well, we settle into what works. We stop questioning. Our routines harden into rules, and our confidence slowly turns...
We Don’t Choose What We Inherit, Only What We Pass On We inherit far more than we realise, and we inherit it at multiple levels. As human beings, we inherit properties we never asked for. The instincts, the tendencies, the strengths and the weaknesses of being human...
Cut and Keep It Simple When we start in business, we tend to go everywhere and try to please everyone. Every enquiry looks like an opportunity. Every customer looks like one worth having. Saying no feels like turning money away. So the advice we get is almost always...
Simplification Is Costly Simplification is about elimination. Cutting clutter. Reducing unnecessary options. Removing unnecessary decisions. It is about being strategic. We tend to talk about simplification as if it were a tidy-up. Clear the desk, trim the menu,...
Lead with Reasons That Outlast the Season In a lifetime, we live through many seasons. Each season comes, changes us, and leaves us with a different version of ourselves. We move from childhood to our teenage years, through the long spectrum of adulthood, and into old...