Not knowing is knowing
How about a Zen koan to start your morning? (For anyone about to Google that, a Zen koan is a deliciously paradoxical statement, question, or story used to challenge conventional...
My first ever gift guide
No affiliate links, just stuff I use often and delightfully enjoy. I really love the flurry of gift guides that come at the end of...
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How to block out time for what matters most
My reaction when Charlie Gilkey told me he recommends a max of 5 projects. Last week inside The Conspiracy, I invited my friend Charlie Gilkey to join me for a...
Thousands of songs about this
Thousands of songs about being lonely. What if a conversation could’ve changed the chorus? I fancy myself a bit of a music guy. Not an aficionado or a snob by...
The Five Inner Rings
The Art of Community + the inner rings. My Worthy Goal — the thing that’s thrilling, important, and daunting for me right now — is a project about change in...
Becalmed. Plateau-ed. Stuck.
Where are you on the sigmoid curve? The sigmoid curve (aka the S-curve) has been used in disciplines like project management, biology, and finance for many years as a way...
I’m in a bit of a mess at the moment
Where did my forehand go? Last summer, I decided to dust off my tennis racquet, disregard my aging knees, and get back on the court. It was fun. I took...
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 the new website. But it...
Change wisdom
Me pretending to podcast. But also, this is what it looks like. Change wisdom (from Change Signal) My new podcast, Change Signal, launched in February. I feel like I’ve been...
What would be better if it matured a little more?
Jim signing the visitors book, with our sommelier making sure we don’t touch anything we shouldn’t What needs a little more time? If you read the last newsletter, you’ll remember...
Lessons from travelling with a 19-year-old
We can DEFINITELY recommend IYO restaurant in Milan, dahling Travels with my nephew I’m happily child-free, and have five excellent niblings (the collective noun for nieces and nephews). About ten...
Answer this question before you change a thing
What helps YOU make a decision? The feelings you get when you make a decision One of my heroes, Peter Block, said that the mark of being an adult is...
Advice from Future You
A Conspiracy meet up in Toronto. Advice from Future You If you haven’t read Peter Attia’s book, Outlive, I can save you some time. Here’s my three-part summary. People think...