Image and words by Hugh MacLeod. Sheep? Or wolf? Shortly after starting Box of Crayons, I came across this quote from Hugh MacLeod, liked it so much I bought a...

Me teaching at the Do conference in Wales in July. My most surprising principle for coaching (and life) I don’t have a coaching practice. Years ago now, I realized that...

My foot, Puerta del Sol, Madri. Kilometer 0.0: The Power of Daily Resets That’s my foot, you see. Puerta del Sol is in the heart of Madrid, in the heart...

And John Cougar Mellencamp was singing when we arrived. I came for Bob, I stayed for Willie (Pre.S. – I have a new book that drops in January. It’s just...

19 years to go, statistically. I’ve got 6938 days to go. You? Statistically speaking, I’ll die this day in 19 years. Years ago, I read this article by Kevin Kelly,...

Marcella and I being ease-ful, at Manly Beach. The power of ‘easy’ (x 4) I’m on another quick trip to Australia, spending time with my family. Highlights include Mum, Marcella,...

The doorway to my office. No, no to the rah-rah! I know my email sign off is “you’re awesome and you’re doing great” … So this may be an unexpected...

I ran a 10km race dressed as The Sugar Plum Fairy Give your life a negative split When you’re running a race, a negative split is when you run the...

Blank shelves. The simplest way to start something new I’ve got a new project brewing at the moment. It’s all a bit under wraps—at this stage, I’m hoping for a...

The current state of a new project I’m working on. All very 1st draft-y. Why the crappy first draft is hard (and why you start it anyway) It’s not new...

Channeling my inner-McEnroe, 1982. The most important thing to unlearn (In the last newsletter, I wrote about the curse of competence. Today, I’m musing on the gift of incompetence …)...

Study of noses , no. 3 – Anna Helena Alströmer (1775) The agony of starting something new I’ve been doing a lot of teaching and facilitation at the moment, which...