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[…]
We had a relaxed start to the day and as a result made the ferry crossing with a minute to spare, but we still made it, which is what counts. We drove to Port Gamble[…]
The excavators removed the foundation today; apparently the stem wall was in such poor shape that you could hit it with a hammer and break bits off, so I guess the heavy machinery made short[…]
The day didn’t start that well, when our contractor called up to say that the existing foundation needed to be demolished and replaced. I had expected this might be the case, but to hear that[…]
I woke up just before nine today, and then had to pretend to still be asleep so the girls could come in and wake me up. I got a good haul of stuff for being[…]
I got up early, just before my alarm went off, drove down to Seattle and picked up a friend, and then drove back up the freeway to Everett, for four games of Blood Bowl in[…]
Today was the last day of school, so in the afternoon we took the girls to a party in the park, and they ran around being demented for two hours. After that it was pizza[…]
The following is a bit revolting, so don’t read on if you don’t like tales of infection and gunk. I’ve had a really sore foot for a couple of days now (painful to walk on)[…]
Today the lift occurred. It’s surreal to watch your house being moved up in the air; a truck parked on the verge outside our house with a compressor on it, hoses running into the house,[…]
At some point yesterday one of the girls put a small clock in our bedroom, and when I tried to sleep last night the ticking drove me to distraction, which was why I ended up[…]
It rained this morning and the ground outside our house remained damp, and so most of the afternoon was punctuated by the sounds of weeping children. First Destroyer fell down and bruised her hip, then[…]