The rain and dark mornings seems to be driving me to establish a habit of starting the morning early at Caffe Nero and then moving on later to the Beach Terrace Cafe normally with a walk in between. This makes for a very luxurious morning which allows for 2 hours...
I was up early enough today to get to Caffe Nero for my first hour of focussed reading, followed by a walk (in the rain) and then another hour at the Beach Terrace Cafe, not normally worthy of comment apart from the fact that as so often happens the theme...
I’m so successful with my current crop of habits that I’m becoming too inflexible. Take for example my morning walk which I manage 95% of the time, what do I do the other 5%, I’m lost. This morning it was blowing a gale & raining strongly, too bad to walk...
Today was one of those days that made me feel like a millionaire, a perfect day, one that money could not improve. It started as the best Saturday’s often do with 90 minutes at Caffe Nero, without doubt for me the best place for distraction free reading, comfy chairs, background...
Last night I felt the pain creeping back and the brain fog starting to descend, so I decided on my favourite strategy in times like this, to spend time walking in the peace and beauty of the Lake District. When I woke up I was too groggy to drive so...
Although this week is a ‘think week’ there’s a ‘crisis’ at work at the moment and for today at least I was drafted in to help. My focus of course is on identifying the strategic actions that we need to take to avoid another crisis like this across our entire...
Several years ago I noticed in the scientific literature the early signs of a trend that promised a revolution in general health could be achieved by managing our gut health. At the time I made the prediction to my wife that gut health would rise to primacy over the next...
In keeping with the spirit of a Thinkweek today was meant to start with a leisurely walking meeting, followed by lunch and an afternoon reading but as so often happens things didn’t quite go to plan. The day started as planned with an hour at Caffe Nero reading through my...
It’s now my habit to nominate one week a month as a ‘Thinkweek’ modelled loosely on Bill Gates scheduled research weeks of the same name, but more frequent. Having taken 12 Thinkweeks last year I’ve come to appreciate them greatly and they’ve delivered considerable benefits in the form of time...
20 years ago most people were employed and their employers provided the offices they worked in, the desks they sat at, the chairs they sat in, the tools they used and defined the times at which they worked. Employers controlled everything about the work experience, even for many people (task...