When I’m not feeling too good I try to find something to do that will make my life at little bit easier. Typically this means finding ways to simplify, increase flexibility or resilience. I’ve pulled off all three today by setting up remote access (from outside the house) to my...
I’ve tried a few of the so called ‘virtual assistants’ over the years, crude applications that run in the cloud, on my smartphone or both and they never fail to disappoint. I’m afraid my expectations are high, set by the character Jane, created by Orson Scott Card in the Ender...
I’ve always loved to sketch at work, either on the whiteboard, or my preference on an A3 pad around a table. The A3 pad is perfect, because it’s large enough for complex diagrams and unlike a whiteboard infinitely scalable, or at least as scalable as the size of the table....
Today is one of those days when I can’t motivate myself to do anything challenging, it’s a rare experience for me, typically less than once a month. I’m never sure what brings it on but my guess it’s a combination of factors. Those factors today include a cracked tooth, the...
I don’t often get a day when I feel fully relaxed, even though I don’t work a lot I always seem to have so much to do , It’s very rare that I get bored. We’d planned a full day today as well, but Debbie wasn’t feeling at her best...
Debbie and I have a Saturday routine, I walk to Caffe Nero for a couple of hours, do my reading, play some games and then do some shopping. Then we drive to Cleveleys, go out for lunch and then watch a movie. Today was the Monument Men, which is probably...
I my personal life I’ve always been most comfortable with predictability, I like my habits and I’ve worn deep grooves following them. It’s slightly ironic then that in my job I’m the complete opposite, striving for novelty, building new things, navigating my company through disruptions. Over the last few years...
I’ve been spending a lot of time with my boss today, just watching him is exhausting, but unusually I’ve been exhausting myself as well. My day started early at 6:30 followed by 30 minutes meditation and chasing around sorting the house out, then it was into the car to drive...
I came across a nice article on the The Creativity Post blog with 21 tips for working smarter, not harder. The tips are nice but I thought it would be interesting to see how I’ve applied them in my life. 1. Complete most important tasks first. Yes, I do this,...
Not working much I focus on impact and today was one of those days. It started as usual waking up early so that I had time for 30 minutes meditation before heading to Caffe Nero for an hours reading. Then heading to the doctors for my normal monthly blood tests...