Why Gareth Southgate wears a life jacket in the bath
Published: Tue, 06/25/24
It’s been a stuttering, unconvincing start for the English football team at Euro 2024. Of course, I’ll always be in England’s corner. But the England…
Published: Tue, 06/25/24
It’s been a stuttering, unconvincing start for the English football team at Euro 2024. Of course, I’ll always be in England’s corner. But the England…
Published: Mon, 06/24/24
One of my biggest insights over the last couple of years? Seeing just how much the universe has my back and, in turn, just how little I need to have…
Published: Thu, 06/20/24
Updated: Thu, 06/20/24
Today I’m promoting Issue 16 of New Escapologist, a print journal run by Robert Wringham all about the art and science of getting out of things. Why,…
Published: Wed, 06/19/24
Updated: Wed, 06/19/24
Couple of weeks ago I sent out an email called “How to get along with difficult colleagues”. My point in that email was this: A colleague being…
Published: Tue, 06/18/24
Updated: Tue, 06/18/24
Couple of days ago I was listening to an old interview with “the world’s most feared negotiator”, Jim Camp. Jim’s the guy the FBI called in to…
Published: Tue, 06/18/24
Updated: Tue, 06/18/24
I always had an inkling I wanted to take a sabbatical from work. I remember chatting about it with my best mate at least 4 or 5 years before I…
Published: Mon, 06/17/24
Updated: Mon, 06/17/24
A few years back, when I was a young whippersnapper eager to make moves and climb the ladder at work, I asked a colleague for some career advice. I…
Published: Fri, 06/14/24
Updated: Fri, 06/14/24
How can I be so sure? Because you’ve been making decisions since the day you were born without so much as a second thought. When you were knee-high to…
Published: Thu, 06/13/24
Updated: Thu, 06/13/24
We’re in the thick of a pre-election frenzy here in the UK. And the campaigning has been a non-stop circus. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey fell off his…
Published: Wed, 06/12/24
Updated: Thu, 06/13/24
It was a decision that came almost effortlessly. And one of the few times I made a decision the “right way” before discovering what the right way to…