Twelve serious books about leadership, management and business The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Made To Stick: Why some ideas take hold[…]
Every year I make some resolutions, and sometimes they stick and sometimes they don’t. (2014: 20% success rate, 2015: 0% success rate. 2016: at best, 33%, 2017: 50% 2018: 37.5%) In line with what I[…]
I got a long list from my electrician friend who’s helping me with my house, of things to get. In the main, it was wire, about 160 feet of wire in different gauges, because the[…]
I finally spoke to a representative from Hyundai today, and established how to get the payout for our lemon of a car. I also dug out the paperwork and found a few thousand more that[…]
By some herculean effort, I got everything out of the Airbnb and into the car in a single trip. If I’d had to drive a carload of stuff across Ballard, then unpack the car and[…]
I got up at six thirty this morning and headed out to the Blood Bowl tournament I’d organised, didn’t have a thing to eat or drink until 8 this evening, feel zonked as a result.[…]
This evening the girls had a sleepover at a friend’s house so we got a chance to concentrate on packing for this weekend’s move. My wife wanted me to run a few loads of stuff[…]
I had a bad night’s sleep again, and ended up having to sleep at 5 today for 15 minutes, broken by the slow and neverending grind. It’s now been almost three weeks in this basement,[…]
After four weeks, it was time for an inspection of my Invisalign, so this afternoon I went to the dentist. They poked and prodded and noticed that one of my attachments had detached. (The attachments[…]
As part of the Invisalign program, you take regular photographs of your teeth for the orthodontist to check, rather than in-person visits. This involves an app on your phone, and a large piece of blue[…]
We woke late today, rushed to the ferry terminal at Edmonds for the 11:30am sailing, and arrived at 11:15 at the back of the queue. It wasn’t clear if we’d make it or if we’d[…]
I don’t remember much of today at all; I woke up early, played a fun game of Blood Bowl that ended with a 3-2 loss in the final turn (the best way to go with[…]