On the matter of: promises, alarms and self respect.

I have recently been going through a rough patch with my alarm clock and I started realising that it’s not about waking up but about keeping a promise to myself to wake up. Join me as I go down a rabbit hole of my own making where I link my self-respect to my alarm clock, come on you know you want to ๐Ÿ˜‰

As always a CHATGPT Verboseless version is available ๐Ÿ˜€

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Musings of a wandering mind: The economy of kindness

I have been pondering around the subject of kindness for weeks now, a good friend of mine has a business based on the concept, and as business thinking goes my mind often wanders into the costs of doing business, especially the hidden ones. Many people believe that kindness costs nothing. But I disagree, kindness has a price, and things with a price are part of economies.

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Musings of a wandering mind: When is an end a failure? Culture seems to have trained us well.

I often check in with an old friend, and we have the most interesting discussions about business and life. One of the most recent conversations led us to the topic of failure and how it is very often culturally seen as a plate of shame with a side of pain.

As always the Chat GPT Version is at the bottom if you want a quick read – I’m verbose ๐Ÿ˜›

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Confessions of a Delivery Lead: I don’t focus on honing enough

Of late I’ve had too many conversations about growth, what will we do with a plethora of entry-level skills?โ€‚Parade them like empty medals on a wall of participation? Great job you focused on growth,โ€‚do you really understand what you learned?โ€‚Maybe it’s time we focus on honing instead.

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