While juggling three torches, I found myself carrying on a casual conversation with someone at the street fair. I had to pause my flashy tricks - like the ones where I swipe down quickly to make a loud ‘WUFFF’ of noise, or spin a torch around the outside of my elbow - so I could [...]
For 2023, my word is Allow. In Power vs Force by Dr David Hawkins, he makes the distinction between the Force of getting things done, and the Power of letting things come to you. Instead of relying on Force, my illness has compelled me to learn how to live in Power. I have an [...]
This annual review is one month overdue. Ever since 2014, I have published an Annual Review on my blog on New Year's Eve, and my New Year's Resolutions on the first of January. Keeping this annual rhythm has given me a pulse to the years, allowing me to review my accomplishments and challenges with [...]
Today’s article is written by guest author Corey Haines, founder of SwipeFiles.co. Steve Jobs once said “good artists copy, great artists steal.” And before that, Pablo Picasso said, “Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” See the pattern? Everyone who publishes is standing on the shoulders of giants, and the more shoulders you have to stand on, [...]
[22 for 22] Get free 1-on-1 coaching with me Every new year brings with it a sense of possibility, a feeling that anything is possible if we set our minds to it. And one of the most effective ways to take advantage of this sense of possibility is by setting goals for the year ahead. [...]
People who wear glasses will flash a bright white square in the reflection of their lenses when they navigate to a new tab. If a virtual meeting is boring, it’s easy to multitask, check emails, and scroll through social media. The person leading the meeting was reading her bullet points off of a slide, which [...]
Every time I picked up the phone, I put another paperclip into the jar on my desk. I was playing a simple game with my work, to make it more entertaining (and achievable). The list in front of me had 10 names and phone numbers. Every time I dialled a number, I put a [...]
When I was a kid, I spent many happy hours memorizing the colorful lights and sounds of Simon. One of the early handheld electronic games, Simon was both simple and friendly: it would light up one of four colored buttons and play a note, and in response, you would press the same button. Then [...]
Leonardo da Vinci looked at the world with the eye of an artist, and the raised eyebrow of a scientist. Arguably one of the most creative people who ever lived, he produced paintings, sculptures, feats of civil engineering, and breakthroughs in anatomy, hydrodynamics, and optics. Less than 20% of da Vinci’s notebooks have survived, totalling roughly 6,000 [...]
Work without will or wonder is just drudgery. Play is an overlap of work, will, and wonder, and it transforms how we participate in the act of working.Bringing play into your work increases your capacity to do work well. Think of the seven dwarves, toiling in the mines; they knew to whistle while you work. Play makes [...]