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Growth Can Expose Weaknesses You Couldn’t Previously See

Next month will mark our tenth anniversary of moving to live in Portugal. In that time, we have seen how seriously forest management is taken...

You’re Not Overworked, You’re Misallocated

Last week I started with a simple question: “How are things?” With, for many of us, the most common answer being “Busy. I’m not sure exactly why.”...

What Do You Really Mean When You Say “Busy”?

“Being busy is a form of laziness — lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.” Tim Ferriss “How are things?” We get asked this question all the...

You Don’t Need More Clients—You Need Better Pricing

Over the past month, I’ve written about pricing from four different angles.Not as a calculation, but as something far more influential: A reflection...

The Most Expensive Decision You’re Not Making

By now, you probably don’t need convincing. Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at pricing from different angles. Not as maths, but as: ...

Five Signs Your Pricing Needs to Change

By now, you probably don’t need convincing. You know pricing isn’t just maths. You know it shapes perception. You know it affects the...

When the World Shakes, Your Cash Flow Speaks

When I finished work last evening I came down to have dinner with my wife and CNN news was on the background. My wife said, “Don’t expect any good...

Most Stress Comes from Re-deciding The Same Things under Pressure

By the end of January, you may be feeling one of two things. Either: over-planned and slightly boxed in, or under-planned and quietly uneasy Neither...

Choosing Less Is a Strategic Skill

Steve Jobs is mostly remembered for what he built, and likely much less so for what he deliberately killed. When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, the...

Planning From Reality, Not Hope

Last week, I talked about why January isn’t really about goals; it’s about filters. This week is about how to build those filters properly, without...