Reflection №daily-reflection-309-one-way-doors-and-two-way-doors
Most of the decisions I have agonised over were reversible, and most of the ones I made quickly were not. That is an uncomfortable thing to notice about…
6 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-308-the-compounding-cost-of-yes
The talk six months out is free. This is the trap, and I have fallen into it more times than I would like to admit. When the invitation…
5 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-307-everyone-optimises-the-first-order
We are collectively excellent at first-order thinking and remarkably poor at everything beyond it. You want more of something, so you measure it and reward it. You want…
2 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-306-writing-is-how-you-find-out-what-you-think
I used to believe that writing was the last step. You worked something out, and then you wrote it down so that other people could have it too.…
1 October 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-305-what-does-enough-look-like
Here is a question that catches most people out, and I include myself among them for a long stretch of my career. How much is enough? Not as…
30 September 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-304-bad-at-something-on-purpose
Last year I started on my hunting license, which includes shooting a shotgun and I was, for a considerable period, genuinely terrible at it. Not only bad, but…
29 September 2026
