The universe delivers… If you’re lucky
I was listening to a podcast on the way into work. The host interviews various people in business and derives lessons to... Read More
Option B and Resilience
Sheryl Sandberg lost her husband, Dave, two years ago. Thirty days after his death Sheryl (who’s also Facebook’s COO) posted to Facebook... Read More
Helpful ideas
A while ago I was talking to my parents about some of the things I’ve written. Dad said something unexpected: “you write... Read More
Music for the day
Listening this morning to Bernard Fanning’s latest album. Love his song “Belly of the Beast”… The saying goes that people get The... Read More
Helping others
Happiness. Rather than define it, I think “what is happiness” is best left an open question. Some words escape definition. Or perhaps... Read More
Attack and defence
I was watching Cara play netball this morning. Beautiful morning. The girls all seem to really enjoy it. They’re only young, just... Read More
Thought for the day
More of a realisation than a thought. I got through a lot this weekend. All the usual domestic stuff that all families... Read More
Friday night
I haven’t posted much of what I’ve written lately. It sometimes feels self-indulgent; ‘oversharing’ is the word these days. Something’s changed in... Read More
I’m a dad to the awesome Harry and Cara, a widower, and a learner; slowly attempting a fools errand to make sense of the world, and writing about the thoughts and ideas that pop into my head along the way.