We make about 33,000 decisions per day. Over 2,000 in every hour of sixteen waking hours. We choose what to do, how to do it, what we say, if we say it, when we exercise, what we drink, eat, leave, take. But the vast majority of our actions result from the decisions we don’t make. 95% of cognition happens “in the dark”—in our subconscious not our conscious mind.
The decisions we make and the decisions that make us Read More »
The qualities of leadership are already within you, beneath the conditioned thinking patterns.
Leaders aren’t made, they’re revealed Read More »
Busyness is often the result of panic, complacency or lack of clarity. If you’ve been guilty of it, slow down and feel into the discomfort this will create within you. Stay with it and ask the difficult questions: What am I avoiding? What am I not admitting to myself? What really matters? What is my
Busyness is laziness Read More »
Shortcuts and hacks promote two major misconceptions—that faster gets us there faster, and that the goal is to get there. I believe the opposite is true on both accounts: the more we slow down, the faster we go; and the point is to be here, not there. The main factor that shapes both the depth
Attention is our most valuable resource Read More »
When we think about life and the human condition, our mind is trying to understand (and often rule ;)) something that is prior to it.
Our mind is limited in its capacity for decision-making Read More »
Complexity is ubiquitous in the personal growth world, especially when it comes to productivity, nutrition, exercising, weight loss or weight gain. Experts have us believe that elaborate solutions and strategies are the key to success—when in fact the opposite is true. Simplicity and fundamentals are the key to success. Complexity is a form of avoidance.
The two main success factors Read More »
The “hack” there is no hack. The “hack” is there’s a hack fallacy. A perpetual pressure to be more, do more, never miss out on anything, never experience a dull moment. The “hack” is realising we’ve been hacked into rat-racing a hack fallacy.
A lot of the marketing advice for entrepreneurs, creatives and businesses is to niche down and create a very clearly defined and narrow offering, for a very clearly defined and narrow audience. This makes sense in many ways. Consistency builds results. Having a distinguishable definition, as an entrepreneur or business, helps people know who you
Box yourself within your own box Read More »
The more a situation we’re in seems to deprive us of choice, the more critical the decisions we make.
When we think about what we want to achieve, the fundamental question we’re trying to answer is “what would I love to get?”.
Goal-setting reimagined: what would I love to give? Read More »