Think of snowflakes. Each one is unique. Each one is intricate. Each one is beautiful in its own particular way. And every single one is made from exactly the same thing: water molecules frozen under specific conditions. Same basic ingredient. Infinite variation. No two complex snowflakes are ever likely to be alike. How does that…
Common sense is not so common at all. I see this every single day in my practice. People come in with problems that have obvious solutions, and they can’t see them. They’re overthinking, overcomplicating, and completely missing what’s staring them right in the face. Most of my job as a General Practitioner isn’t about diagnosing…
Two concepts. Two words. And between them, they explain more about long-term success than almost anything else in this material. Consistency is the brick-by-brick effort that builds something worth having. Compounding is the growth you get for free if you stay consistent long enough. Separately, they’re both powerful. Together, they’re the closest thing to a…
You’re overthinking this. You’ve got complex systems, detailed plans, and sophisticated strategies. You’re reading advanced books, following complex frameworks, and implementing intricate processes. Maybe you’ve coloured your to-do list in five different colours for what you have to do. Meanwhile, you’re ignoring the basics. The simple things that actually matter. This is why you’re not…
You’ve reached a pivotal point in this journey. And something fundamental has already shifted, whether you’ve noticed it or not. You can’t go back anymore. Not because retreat is physically impossible. Not because the bridge has literally burned behind you. But because the person who could retreat no longer exists. That version of you, the…
A lot of people are bored at work — more than would ever admit it, and in some industries, far more than others. Not burned out. Bored. There’s a difference, and it matters more than most people realise. Burnout gets all the attention. It’s dramatic. It makes good copy. There are TED talks about it,…
You were born open-minded. Watch a child encounter something new. They don’t filter it through decades of assumptions. They don’t immediately categorise it as impossible or inappropriate for someone like them. They just accept it, explore it, and try it out. That’s what you used to do. Somewhere along the way, you lost that. You…
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. That’s the answer. The question is whether you actually believe it. Perhaps think of the biggest problem you are facing, and you may be staring at the elephant you need to eat, overwhelmed by how massive it is, convinced there’s no way you can…
I wrote an article way back in 2012 about the good habits you need to develop to build the inertia for change. All of these habits are common sense, you may think. We’ve already talked about common sense earlier in our courses, and the lack of it is not doing the obvious, even when it’s…
You have it scheduled and you’ve set a goal to do something by a certain date. You’ve picked the date. It’s far enough away to feel achievable and close enough to feel real. You’ve told yourself this time is different. You’ve maybe told a few other people, too. The goal is clear, the deadline is…