Reflection №daily-reflection-310-the-gap-between-knowing-and-doing
Nobody who has failed to get in shape failed because they did not know that training and sleep and reasonable eating were involved. Nobody whose writing project stalled…
7 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-309-one-way-doors-and-two-way-doors
Most of the decisions I have agonised over were reversible, and most of the ones I made quickly were not. That is an uncomfortable thing to notice about…
6 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-308-the-compounding-cost-of-yes
The talk six months out is free. This is the trap, and I have fallen into it more times than I would like to admit. When the invitation…
5 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-307-everyone-optimises-the-first-order
We are collectively excellent at first-order thinking and remarkably poor at everything beyond it. You want more of something, so you measure it and reward it. You want…
2 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-306-writing-is-how-you-find-out-what-you-think
I used to believe that writing was the last step. You worked something out, and then you wrote it down so that other people could have it too.…
1 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-305-what-does-enough-look-like
Here is a question that catches most people out, and I include myself among them for a long stretch of my career. How much is enough? Not as…
30 September 2026