What did you experiment with? This week I’ve been experimenting with reducing the time I spend on my phone. Since I did the last software update, including the screen time data, I’ve been shocked by how much I use it, often unconsciously. So I’m trying to break that habit and…

I’m not a fan of the term work-life balance. The reality for me is that work is part of my life, an important part. And so I find distinguishing between work and life, as if they are separate entities with firm boundaries, unhelpful. That said, I’ve noticed in recent weeks…

What did you experiment with? This week I’ve realised I didn’t actively experiment with anything. Nor had I in the previous two weeks of weeknotes. Instead I’d simply found new things I was doing and retro-fitted them to answer this question. So I’m thinking that I need to think ahead…

Practice makes perfect, or at least generates improvement, so here we are for a second week. I’ve already noticed a difference – having committed to weeknotes and published my first one, I found myself considering the questions as I went about my week. Strangely, it helped me manage some of…

I’ve decided to give weeknotes a go. As someone who prefers to do than to reflect, despite knowing that my best learning and breakthrough moments come from reflection, I’m hoping this discipline will help me. I’m using a series of questions to structure my thinking and am grateful Sam Villis…

It’s a week of firsts for me – I’m reflecting on my first unconference by writing my first blog. Write like you’re telling a story and then turn it into a blog – great advice from James Cattell. And so this story begins in a coffee shop in January 2018…