Change

21 October 2026Avoid the foolish hobgoblinYou're allowed to grow (and people aren't paying attention anyway) 2 September 2026The danger of modern cynicismLet's do less eye-rolling - and more pissing in the public square 1 May 2025Confessions of a serial moverAlways moving, never arriving 26 March 2025For when it feels like you can't change anythingEverything is connected. Once you see it, you can shift it. 20 March 2025You have infinite capacity for transformationNew beginnings are wasted on young people 20 October 2024You can be the one who changes thingsIt's never been a better time to change things at work - and it's what your boss wants you to do. 1 October 2024Just keep goingSustaining momentum is hard for everyone. Just keep going. 18 September 2024The consequences of your commitmentUnless you're making trade-offs that channel your time, energy, attention and money into your priorities and away from competing demands, they aren't your priorities. They're hopes and wishes. 30 July 20246 ways to stay on track when things turn to shitUse setbacks as an opportunity to prove your commitment to what matters most. Perfect! 18 July 2024Why change gets worse before it gets betterChange is hard, even when we want it. Before things improve, they tend to get much worse - and here are five key reasons why that happens. 12 June 2024How and when to quit things (and how to do it well)Why you should leave before it's bad, end good things and not let guilt hold you back - and how to do it well. 18 December 2023How to move fast without breaking thingsMoving fast and breaking things is great, but you should follow these 4 rules to prevent unnecessary stress and headaches. 7 November 2023Nurture a network of freaksThe company you keep will change who you are as a person. Choose carefully. 19 October 2023Balancing micro delight and macro despairHow I try to keep my WTF IS THIS SH*T impulse from ruining public events 14 September 2023Hope is a terrible recipe for changeIgnore history at your peril. If you hope for the best, plan for the best, but change nothing about yourself or your approach, you'll fail. 21 June 2023The joy of instabilityThere’s no answer. No done. No end of the road where everything falls into place. Why would you want that? To sit still, and change nothing until you die? 16 June 2023From here to there and back againAn unvarnished high-level explanation of my career as prompted by curious conference-goers this week 2 June 2023Grief, family and temporary communitiesDo we all need our own Fight Club, to navigate the insanity of life, death and dysfunction? 26 April 2023It's never too late to start something newIf you're telling yourself you've left it too late, or you're risking too much to start again, you should stop that immediately. 20 April 2023Share your work in progressReasons to share your works in progress, especially when you're not very good yet.