Can they hear you OK?
Ears for listening Can they hear you OK? This is a joke that never seems to 1. get old or 2. be particularly funny. Person asks another person for...
My favourite colour
A fav photo from the photo shoot. My favourite colour It’s purple. It’s no accident that this is one of the four core colours of...
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“I’ve got some feedback for you…”
Kendra, my editor, shortly before she plunges her red pen through my heart “I’ve got some feedback for you…” I’ve got a new book coming out in June next...
The Most Important Type of Fitness
Dreaming of hammock time while I’m working out The Most Important Type of Fitness About 45 seconds after I start to workout, a talktrack starts in my mind: Why don’t...
How to Get a Grip
Look Mum, I’m a Viking! How to Get a Grip Over the last five years, my ring finger and little finger on my right hand have gone a little …...
We’re all individuals
I bought these from the National Portrait Gallery in London. We’re all individuals! (Yes! We’re all individuals!) So, what are the odds? The chances of an ordinary pack of cards...
One smart way to reset
A workout from Dave, my gym guy. EMOM. How to Reset That gloomy genius Sam Beckett made it sound easy. In “Worstward Ho!” he wrote, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No...
Have we been “seizing the day” all wrong?
From my favourite Roncesvalles fruitier What are we seizing exactly? It’s hard not to be thrilled by the baby-faced Robin Williams inspiring the youth: “Seize the day, boys. Make your...
This is why making a choice is so hard
“Wrestle” by Scott Griffin. I keep this piece of art right by my desk The two hard things about making a choice The author Peter Block said that one of...
My first high school failure
Me doing CBT “saw therapy” in my local hardware store Are you just acting? In my first year at high school, not only did we do the usual English, Math,...
Oops – that wasn’t supposed to happen
You should trust Kaa from The Jungle Book Are you breeding snakes? We love machine metaphors. We wish life could be neat like that. Press a button, or pull a...
One hand tied behind your back?
Photo courtesy of Brian Christian In my recent podcast interview with the author and muti-hyphenate Brian Christian, he mentioned an “origin story” moment. As a young man, he was caught...
Don’t pet the warthog (trust me, it will become clear)
Still from YouTube video Sometimes (admittedly not often, but sometimes) “don’t pet the warthog” is a helpful real-life tip. But let’s take it metaphorically this time around. A situation of...