I’ve stopped eating on Tuesdays. Eccentric? Perhaps. This post is my attempt to explain myself. Built to Fast First of all, what do I mean exactly? I’ve started, with a group of others, a weekly 36 hour fast. From Monday evening to Wednesday morning. Nothing but water & herbal tea. Why fast at…

Something different today. Hopefully more practical than the usual philosophising. It’s a list of tricks and tools. I finally reached the edge of my sanity with my various inboxes. Something had to give so at long last I’ve made some changes. Hope it’s helpful! The Problem I have a confession.. During the…

In March I did my 2nd silent retreat. This one was a Vipassana. 10 hours a day meditating for 10 days. Intense to say the least. My big take away? That one day I will die. Tedious That much meditation is tedious. You spend first three days focusing on your breath…

Boldness is underrated I think. They say: Fortune favours the bold. And they’re right. But we don’t truly appreciate that. Especially us Brits. Martingale Bold has a bad reputation in the UK. It’s viewed with a mild disdain. Rather too American perhaps. But that’s a mistake. I suspect the bold just…

The secret to life, I reckon, is to do less. It’s that simple. Exhausting We’re drowning in noise. Especially a people pleaser like me. I can feel my energy sapped by every unanswered messaged. It’s exhausting. Napoleon had a wonderful way of dealing with this: “It was a whimsical economy of…

It’s not the bet-hedgers who build the future. Nor the just-a-little-consulting-work-on-the-side. It’s those with absolute conviction. That however it happens, however long it may take, the result is not in doubt: They will prevail. A Different Cloth The American Civil War was a bloodbath. 655,000 Americans died. More than in WWI, WWII, and…

I’m an unwavering optimist. A strength, no doubt. But quite the weakness too. It’s got me in a pickle or two in recent years. Ouch Before Unplugged I ran growth at Nobly POS. A year into that role the company imploded. I clearly didn’t do a very good job. I’ve had…

This is not a post about AI. No shortage of those these days, and plenty better placed than me to write them. No, this is a post about you. Well… you, and a 19th century chess prodigy. Paul Morphy The next technological leap is upon us. The age of AI. FOMO’s in…

Founders taking time off? What a ridiculous idea. Here’s why they shouldn’t: It would give perspective — the time off might have the unfortunate side effect of giving the founder perspective. Getting out of the day to day of the business would inevitably lead to a clearer view of the…