Your present self doesn't owe your past self anything
Or perhaps more precisely, your present self doesn't owe your past self obedience.
Under My Turban
Insights and guides on how to be more useful and happy from 15+ years of professional coaching, and many more of discovering what is under my turban.
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Plan A life vs Plan B life
How to know if you’ve drifted into your backup life without realising it
Set unrealistic goals
This isn't a generic motivational rant, I promise.
Your intelligence is cute, but can you actually get your point across?
Some of the smartest people I've ever met have also been some of the most inefficient communicators - and dare I say messy thinkers - I've ever met.
I'm wrapping up the weekly wraps (Europe made me do it)
Learning some things about letting go to refocus in Stockholm, Poland and Prague
Taoism and creative expression for the sake of it under pressure (weekly wrap #24)
A quick one from gate C4 at Bangkok airport before I board my flight
Big Magic, real life assassins, and a sharp-witted management consultant (weekly wrap #23)
Inspiration and wisdom on creativity, curiosity and design from Elizabeth Gilbert, Mariana van Zeller, and Russell Ackoff
Japanese wisdom on burnout, regeneration in service to life, and photography that made me feel in love (weekly wrap #22)
“Only by also caring for self can we effectively and over the long-term care for our human community and the community of life.“
3 speeches (weekly wrap #21)
Ursula K. Le Guin on some truths about fantasy, Leo honours Robert De Niro at Cannes, and the Princess of Denmark gives maybe the best birthday speech ever
A 71-year old taxi driver gets a millionaire vacation, Stanford teaches AI-powered creativity, and being at peace with my journey (weekly wrap #20)
Wholesome community, working with AI like a human collaborator, and thinking about the most important foundation for everything else in life