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Busyness gets in the way of capturing the quiet yet significant learnings from our lives. I sat with a client last Friday coaching a monthly review. He’d had a relatively normal few weeks. Busy. Some challenges. Some things that went well, some that went less smoothly than expected. When we took time and considered the month, it was full of learning. Here are five observations and learnings he’s happy to share. 1. Before you commit to something, ask not just “how long will th

I’m enjoying using Claude to make me more effective, and I notice most of my clients are doing the same. I’ve also noticed a downside and thought I’d highlight it. “Claude, draft an email response to….” “Claude, write a LinkedIn post on the subject of…” “Claude, can you help with this problem….? Claude (and others, I presume) are so good at performing many tasks it becomes the default start to doing almost anything. Writers have known about ‘Blank page syndrome’ triggering an

A client came to a recent session having had a great month. Motivated. Focused. Got the important things done. But he hadn't written his monthly goals down. And when we looked at why, something interesting emerged. The goals he didn't write down? They stayed live. Bouncing around. Present. He described it as the opposite of what you'd expect — that not writing something down kept it in the forefront of his mind. The conventional wisdom is clear: write your goals down. It impr

Today is the 1st of April. April Fools Day. Not a date for pranks in my world — it's a date for reflection. I know many of my clients will be pausing right now. Some are looking back on March. Some are reviewing Q1. And some — those who set their vision a year ago — are realising that what felt like an ambitious destination is now simply where they are. That last group tends to go quiet for a moment. Not because something went wrong. Because something went right — and they w