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The Sunday I couldn’t get out of bed
It's a Sunday morning in May 2008, and I wake up to find I'm unable to move. I'm in my late thirties, three years into...
“I don’t know what I want”
“I don’t know what I want.” I hear this more often than you might imagine. And it’s rarely the whole story. Usually, the person saying...
A plan is not a direction
Successful men are often very good at making plans. That’s part of the problem. A plan gives you something to work on. It feels responsible....
The permission you’re waiting for will never come
If you’re successful, there is a point when you’ll probably realise nobody is coming to give you permission. Not the board or your business partner....
When the meeting stops reaching you
The fly head-butting the window draws more curiosity than the conversation. You’re sitting in a meeting you would once have found interesting. . The people...
The new role that changes nothing
A new role can be a very convincing distraction. It gives you something to announce. Something to plan, to explain. It looks (and probably feels)...