PinnedMember-onlyFrom a productivity book junkie to you: the key to your best year ever.Living Your Best Year Ever If you are like me, you are always reading productivity articles. The Medium tag “self improvement” doesn’t go far enough. Where is the #bujo tag? I must confess, I am a productivity junkie. From as far back as I can remember I have been obsessed with becoming more productive. Steven…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyHow “The 10x Writing Speed Blueprint” Changed How I Think About NotetakingSmartnotes 10x your idea to publication speed — I’m a sucker for a good online course. Todd Brison is teaching the concept of Smart Notes in Roam to Tim Denning in this course. It’s closed now. It doesn’t always open up, but when it does sign up quick. The basis for the course is using a Zettlekasten by…Wrtiting5 min readWrtiting5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyChange Your Toothpaste and Change Your Life“Ka chunk, Ka chunk,” I said, and my daughter thought that was the funniest sound ever. Daughters are great and they help you stay connected with what is important. In this case looking at all the things I do each day. We were talking about getting things done, no not…Habits5 min readHabits5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe One Thing All Successful People DoYou Can Do It Today! — We are often told that there is more to life than winning. And with a growth mindset, winning isn’t the goal at all. What is the one thing that all successful people do? I discovered this quite by accident. At my first job in Japan there was a sign on…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyWhat I learned by not owning a car for 30 YearsI’ve saved over $500,000 for starters. — I haven’t owned a car since my senior year of high school in 1983. I didn’t need a car at University and instead used the Greyhound bus and hitch hiking as well as the good old-fashioned ride share board to go back and forth between home and university. I moved…Entrepreneurship6 min readEntrepreneurship6 min read
Nov 28, 2022Member-onlyNot even the ivory towers are safe.Benjamin sat motionless at his table. A Tūī hangs overhead, gorging on Pōhutukawa blossoms. He was insatiable, flitting from one to the next and then back again. If he had to choose, this spot on the Wellington waterfront, just before the boathouses, was his favourite of any spot anywhere. And…Fiction3 min readFiction3 min read
Feb 14, 2022Member-onlyHow to change the worldHere’s a harsh reality most people don’t understand. It is hard for humans to get their head around the fact that the Earth is a finite place. We can’t see the edge of the sky when we go for a walk. The ocean looks like it goes on forever as we collect seashells on the seashore. …Change3 min readChange3 min read
Jan 13, 2022Member-onlyPublished!Since 1992 I have been selling or certifying organic food. That was when fire was still an innovation. Pre-internet. Pre-iTunes. Pre-iPhone. Organic is the fastest growing sector in the retail store, year on year, for a generation. …Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
Jun 18, 2021Member-onlyThe MBAOn The Waterfront — She is focusing on her task In a world of her own The sidewalk glistening with care beneath her feet. Heading to a meeting No words are said I step…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
