Why we struggle with the need to fix things

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...

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...

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...

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...

It’s an old joke, but a good one. How to know it’s time For more than twenty years, I’ve set as my big goal “to infect a billion people with...

Getting close on this morning’s walk Don’t maintain your distance Last weekend, I did a “how to take cool photos with your phone” course at a local museum. It was,...

My three cards. I got stuck and then unstuck I had to write an article for a newsletter, this article for this newsletter in fact, and I was coming up...

I needed all three of these maxims to launch Change Signal. Here I’m celebrating with the podcast’s producer, Pedro. Three unexpected maxims to keep going when it gets tough Genius...

Some foreign language love Three paradoxes about writing a book I’m into writing books. (If you are too, check out the offer in the “one last thing” section.) You may...

What title would you give this piece of art? Wrestle or dance? This piece of art sits right in front of my desk. Which means I’d stopped noticing it. But...

From my recent holiday near Southampton, UK 57 amazing things I’ve learned in 57 years I turned 57 at the end of December, and whenever thought leaders have a birthday,...