Adding inefficiency to one’s life may seem counter-intuitive, until you realise there’s good inefficiency.
Category: Making
Consistency over quality
Is it better to show up, day by day, even if you don’t clear your own bar sometimes? What’s the other option?
Does saying no mean we always miss out?
Saying no to something gives us a feeling of missing out. But, what if it meant not missing out, but getting more?
Happy accidents
What’s a mistake, anyway?
This before that: How to prioritise
Priority is a singular word. By telling ourselves we’ve got more than one thing that’s important, we’re saying that nothing is.
Adaptive planning and progress
How can we take small steps towards bigger goals whilst ensuring we still see progress and pleasure if we don’t ever make it?
Who dies at deadlines?
Is the anxiety invoked by using the word ‘deadline’ really more useful than calling it what it is – a commitment?
Every culture has an alcohol
How is it that every culture independently invented their own alcohol?
Greens in regulation
What’s your ‘radius of OK’? How close do you need to get to perfection for it to be good enough?
The long way ’round
Do I work quickly and complete more projects? Or is it better to slow down and relish in the process, even if it means less output?