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 woke up late today, almost incapable of stopping my eyes from closing again. Once I’d dragged myself from bed, we headed down to the Ballard farmers market to return nine empty cider bottles we’d[…]
For a treat, and as demanded by the girls, we’ve been watching Prince Caspian, but the second hour is a battle where the animals storm a human castle, and initially La Serpiente was excited as[…]
I went climbing this morning – it’s a good way to start Friday, but I now regret stopping for a coffee beforehand. I should have just climbed for an hour and been at my desk[…]
Because of my Blood Bowl loss last night, I was in high dudgeon and couldn’t sleep. I didn’t get off until 3:45, giving me three hours sleep today, a woefully inadequate preparation for the day.[…]
We had a couple of tantrums from La Serpiente, quite unlike her, as usually her temperament is sunny and energetic. But it turned out that angst over having too much work to do, and then[…]
La Serpiente told me to do twenty lengths of the pool again tonight, so I drove down to the gym after eating some cheese, and got to work. Last week I’d brought a bottle of[…]
I went to the climbing gym after I’d put the girls to bed tonight. They’d had the last hour of The Lion,The Witch And The Wardrobe, and then demanded two chapters of Prince Caspian, so[…]
Mother’s Day this year was a subdued affair as I’d not got myself organised to do anything special, and I’m also panicking slightly about the impending renovation. We drove to our latest favourite doughnut shop,[…]
We had a busy day today, taking a call with our contractor before rushing down to the credit union to finalise the HELOC. We now have a $140,000 line of credit to draw on as[…]
Tired after all that swimming yesterday, I had my first proper coffee since I got my second covid shot (so 15 days without) and then did a session at the bouldering gym, where I managed[…]