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When everything changes

Start here if you changed something and now feel worse. Why the early stage of real change so often feels like a step backwards — and how to get through it.

  • Getting Some More Leverage in Your Life

    You’re stuck. You know you need to move. You’ve been stationary too long, but you’re not moving. What you need is leverage. Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician, is supposed to have said something that’s stuck with me throughout my career: give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum to place it on, and I…

  • Aggregation of Marginal Gains

    Finding life difficult? Maybe you’re aiming too high. Ever thought about aiming for being only one percent better each day? That’s all. Not ten percent. Not revolutionary change. Not dramatic transformation. Just one percent better. Do that consistently, compound it over time, and you’ll end up somewhere completely different from where you started. This is…

  • Disruptive Change

    Sometimes gradual doesn’t cut it. Sometimes you need to burn the bridges. Disruptive change is major change that happens all at once. It’s not gradual, it’s not incremental, it’s not marginal gains compounded over time. It’s sudden, complete, and irreversible. It’s the opposite of everything we’ve discussed about small steps and one percent improvements. But…

  • You’ve Made the Leap — Here’s What Happens Next

    You’ve finally done it. You’ve taken that big leap into what feels like the deep end. Something big, and perhaps something that felt brave at the time and now feels increasingly like it might have been stupid. Maybe you’ve left a job. Started a business. Ended a relationship. Moved to a new city. Signed up…

  • Gamification of Life

    Your life is already a game. You just didn’t realise you could design the rules. Look around. You get reward points when you shop at certain stores. Coffee shop loyalty cards. Fitness apps counting your steps and giving you badges. Credit cards offering cashback and airmiles. Your work probably has performance targets with bonuses attached.…

  • The New Situation

    You took the first step. Congratulations. That was the hard part, right? Wrong. You’re still early in your journey. You’ve got to the starting blocks, you’ve taken the leap, and now you’re continuing to move forward in the new situation you find yourself in. Before long, something will start to become clear. This new situation…