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Monday, 4th May 2026. The urge to go harder, do more, build faster - before the foundation is there. I continue to reach for intensity before I have earned it. The post that arrived on my feed was something I needed to see, and it got me thinking. James Clear wrote that consistency needs to come before intensity. By building
Read entry →Monday, 20th April 2026. The vision can be so clear, the plan can be set, yet I still drift. A commitment I had made to myself of reading one book per fortnight became an afterthought to late night YouTube videos. I'm not sure what caused this lapse in discipline, but I'm conscious of it. I initially
Read entry →Tuesday, 7th April 2026 The people most likely to achieve something significant are also the most likely to feel like they're achieving nothing. Ambition and frustration are the same coin. Ambitious people are always working on something. Ideas are generated, triaged and acted on. But most of them die. The passion fizzles and the idea quietly disappears. What
Read entry →Tuesday, 31st March 2026. You might be thinking, "What does water and soil have to do with my relationship?" If you are fortunate enough to have found someone special - who loves you, treats you well and respects you - then you'll know that the connection you share between the two of you is alive. It
Read entry →Sunday, 29th March 2026 The twenties are the most consequential decade. I'm 40 pages shy of finishing my latest book, The Defining Decade by Meg Jay. It must be said that this has been a brilliant read, and the source of motivation to write this post. There's no doubt that the 20's years are
Read entry →Friday, 27th March 2026 The figureheads of Stoicism have been a major source of intrigue for me. Marcus Aurelius popped up on my radar a few years ago, when I came across Meditations, and began listening to the audiobook. I never made it far through the journal entries of the former Roman Emperor, but the philosophy that he (perhaps unintentionally)
Read entry →Work, Love, The Brain and The Body; Meg Jay shares her fascinating takes on a vigorous and intentional approach to the twentysomething years in her book The Defining Decade. It's officially the end
Book number two! This marks the second fortnight in a row of sticking to my new goal of one book per fortnight. This time, the focus shifts towards building my financial literacy. Prior to reading
This one was interesting. So many valuable lessons from a clearly very educated human. I kicked off my brand new fortnightly reading habit on the 16th of February, after I asked Claude to create a
Wednesday, 1st April 2026 We spend roughly 10-15% of our entire life at work. The past 2 weeks have included moments of realisation that a lot of the stuff I get involved in at work is largely irrelevant, and non-meaningful; both to my role and to the person I am. In business, it is one thing to define a role,
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