Archive of posts from July 2022

Daily Post #1696 • July 31 2022 • Resilience

Choosing peace

Ever had a project you’re really stressed about…

Daily Post #1695 • July 30 2022 • Narrative

Optimising for happiness

Optimising our work can lead us astray.

Daily Post #1694 • July 29 2022 • Momentum

Is this essential?

I’ve had a sticky note in my studio this week.

Daily Post #1693 • July 28 2022 • Experience

So long, time

When we give our time, we can never get it back.

Daily Post #1692 • July 27 2022 • Momentum

Other types of compound interest

If you think compound interest is only for money, you’re missing out:

Daily Post #1691 • July 26 2022 • Craft

Creative License To Kill

As deadly as Bond… but with even more casualties.

Daily Post #1690 • July 25 2022 • Narrative

Don’t open this kind of attachment

Do you open this kind of attachment?

Daily Post #1689 • July 24 2022 • Craft

Good news or bad news

What’s your relationship with bad news?

Daily Post #1688 • July 23 2022 • Narrative

An Organised Off

Switch it off.

Daily Post #1687 • July 22 2022 • Craft

Liking me, liking you

“How are you doing?”Are you likeable?

Daily Post #1686 • July 21 2022 • Craft

Busy and Scattered

“How are you doing?”

Daily Post #1685 • July 20 2022 • Experience

Worthy of you?

You don’t have to be worthy of big ideas.

Daily Post #1684 • July 19 2022 • Craft

Essential new soft skills

We know what soft skills are.

Daily Post #1683 • July 18 2022 • Craft

Controlled input

We don’t have TV, nor the popular channels and shows that come with it.

Daily Post #1682 • July 17 2022 • Craft

Mile Two

Sustained concePeople like easy things…

Daily Post #1681 • July 16 2022 • Momentum

Genius not required

Sustained concentration of human brains is one of the most sough-after resources in the world.

Daily Post #1680 • July 15 2022 • Momentum

That which aids your mind

Do you carry your phone everywhere you go?

Daily Post #1679 • July 14 2022 • Craft

A reminder that your goals are self-imposed

Maybe you don’t need this reminder.

Daily Post #1678 • July 13 2022 • Craft

Things your subconscious does better

Providing divergent streams of thought.

Daily Post #1677 • July 12 2022 • Craft

Be unremarkable more often

Last week, every single tweet we posted got over 1,000 likes.

Daily Post #1676 • July 11 2022 • Narrative

The great mundane

When we hear ‘mundane’, we think it’s a bad thing.

Daily Post #1675 • July 10 2022 • Craft

Something to say

The first question most people ask when they learn I’ve blogged every day since late 2017 is this:

Daily Post #1674 • July 09 2022 • Craft

Create Anyway

Many of us don’t press publish because we’re not sure if it’s perfect yet.

Daily Post #1673 • July 08 2022 • Craft

Every day

I write every day because it forces clarity of thought.

Daily Post #1672 • July 07 2022 • Craft

What gets burned

In creative projects, you need to be prepared to burn things.

Daily Post #1671 • July 06 2022 • Craft

Reworking

The joke in ‘reworking’ is hidden in plain sight.

Daily Post #1670 • July 05 2022 • Craft

The thing about vulnerability

Vulnerability isn’t about weakness.

Daily Post #1669 • July 04 2022 • Craft

The Lost KPI

There’s a KPI people forgot.

Daily Post #1668 • July 03 2022 • Craft

Option 1

Today, I had a hard drive failure.

Daily Post #1667 • July 02 2022 • Experience

Overpaying

Sometimes we overpay for things. We don’t like how that feels when we realise.

Daily Post #1666 • July 01 2022 • Craft

Keep “How” Boring

What’s the best process for creating remarkable work?

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