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Perfectionism
In creative circles, perfectionism is often talked about as a bad thing. More often than not, it is. Perfectionism...
In creative circles, perfectionism is often talked about as a bad thing. More often than not, it is. Perfectionism...
This Week I Quit writing Amplifier, my monthly newsletter. It was one of five newsletters I was writing, and...
A furniture maker’s reflections on mastering his craft contain an idea about quality we could all learn from. This...
The next This Week I Quit is my podcast, Seventeen Trees, a little seed that never blossomed.
Legendary guitarist Tommy Emmanuel has a simple piece of advice for becoming a better guitarist: play songs. His advice...
The word masterclass gets used a lot but it used to have a very specific meaning in the world...
LinkedIn is a ubiquitous, career-centric, social media platform. So, why did I decide to quit?
It’s time for the final seasonal theme for 2021. For the next three months, I’m focussing on mastery.
Pinterest is a popular platform for curating collections of images. I found myself using it again last year. And...
We've all made changes and tried to adapt. For me that included using an awful lot of Lens wipes.
The common advice for finding success is to specialize. But you can choose a different way. You can be...
It’s time to bring back one of my most popular blog series: This Week I Quit. Here’s why.
Note-taking is popular right now. But here I unpack exactly how a note becomes an idea, which then grows...
Summer is many people's favourite season. But, for some people summer has a mythical status, as I learnt the...
The idea of storing your information in a second brain is popular in productivity circles. But what if second...
A routine chore got me thinking about life in 2031. What will life be like? And why should we...