Reflection №daily-reflection-318-most-apologies-are-defences
Listen carefully to the apologies around you, including your own, and you will notice that a surprising number of them are not apologies at all. "I'…
19 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-317-counting-summers
There is a simple exercise that changed how I think about time, and it takes about two minutes. Take something you care about and count how many more…
16 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-316-taste-is-the-new-scarce-skill
For most of history, the hard part of making something was the making. Writing the report, drafting the design, building the system: production was the bottleneck, and people…
15 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-315-just-ask
There is a body of research showing that people systematically underestimate how likely others are to say yes when asked for help. The likelihood is about a factor…
14 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-314-try-removing-something
When faced with a problem, we add. A new process to stop the thing going wrong again. A tool to manage the complexity created by the previous tool.…
13 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-313-the-stories-you-tell-about-yourself
I am not a morning person. I am bad with names. I am not a details person. Most of us carry a small collection of these, repeat them…
12 October 2026
