End of the Overland Trail, with my friends Gabs and Batch Three Unexpected Life Lessons from my Tasmanian Hike The Overland Trail in Tasmania is one of the great walks...

Salt: Maldon. Pinch bowl: Scandinavian crystal “borrowed” from my parents. How to season your life An article in the New York Times, a primer about salt, which, by the way,...

The downloadable link for this is below. More and Less. Forward or Back. Well, here we are. 2024. Huzzah ????! I hope it’s a really great year for you and...

Marcella and me, with the front yard display twinkling in the background Light it up Marcella and I spend the first week of December in Nova Scotia, her home province....

My Oscar moment The trophy isn’t the real win (although it’s very nice ????) Earlier this month, I won the “Marshall Goldsmith Award for Coaching & Mentoring” at Thinkers50. This...

Tens only Removing the 9.9s One of my big things for next year is to begin working on a new book. What! Another book?! I know, I know, I know....

Black Mountain Tower, Canberra’s bearing point Three ways to get your bearings (Ha! I’d forgotten that the newsletter section before the article was titled “take your bearings” … so clearly,...

The home I grew up in … How it was (painted by my grandfather, Bob). And how it looks now. Why endings matter The home I grew up in sells...

The grace of Federer and the power of Williams … said no-one ever Michael practicing hitting off the front foot Are you on the front foot or the back foot?...

Flowers. And espresso. ♥️ An essential upgrade? I’m on one of my trips to Australia, and for the first time, I’ve had to rent an apartment in Canberra. The family...

Rocking the beat with my watermelon uke Changing the rhythm They say the universe tends to entropy, and everything will, in the end, fall apart and go dark. That’s certainly...

Fresh-faced Michael, 1991 Is it time to be different? My dad was a bit of an archivist – that man loved to file – and so while helping my mum...