WHO I AM

I’m someone who questions the way we live, think and make decisions. I’ve spent much of my life in business, in rooms where decisions have consequences, but some of the most useful things I’ve learned have had very little to do with business.

They’ve come from getting things wrong, changing my mind, watching people, having difficult conversations and noticing the gap between what we say we want and how we actually live.

I write about that gap. Decisions, relationships, expectations, identity, success, uncertainty, and the things we often know but find remarkably easy to ignore.

I don’t have a formula for any of it. I’m still figuring things out too.

WHO I AM

I’m someone who questions the way we live, think and make decisions. I’ve spent much of my life in business, in rooms where decisions have consequences, but some of the most useful things I’ve learned have had very little to do with business.

They’ve come from getting things wrong, changing my mind, watching people, having difficult conversations and noticing the gap between what we say we want and how we actually live.

I write about that gap. Decisions, relationships, expectations, identity, success, uncertainty, and the things we often know but find remarkably easy to ignore.

I don’t have a formula for any of it. I’m still figuring things out too.

HOW I THINK

I’m interested in the patterns underneath things.

Why do intelligent people stay in situations they know aren’t right? Why do we chase things we don’t actually want? Why can a decision feel obvious and impossible at the same time?

I’ve found that more information rarely solves these questions. Sometimes we need to strip away the noise, question the story we’ve been telling ourselves, and get honest about what’s actually going on.

That’s where most of my writing begins. Not with an answer, but with a question worth sitting with.

HOW I THINK

I’m interested in the patterns underneath things.

Why do intelligent people stay in situations they know aren’t right? Why do we chase things we don’t actually want? Why can a decision feel obvious and impossible at the same time?

I’ve found that more information rarely solves these questions. Sometimes we need to strip away the noise, question the story we’ve been telling ourselves, and get honest about what’s actually going on.

That’s where most of my writing begins. Not with an answer, but with a question worth sitting with.

WHAT I DO

I’ve spent more than two decades building businesses, working with people and making decisions in the real world. These days, I also write.

My essays explore the everyday stuff that gets complicated surprisingly quickly: ambition, relationships, expectations, self-doubt, success, choices and change.

My first book, The Self-Help Industry Owes You An Apology, grew out of the same curiosity. It questions our obsession with fixing ourselves and asks whether perhaps we’ve been solving the wrong problem.

That’s really what this website is: a place for the things I’m thinking about, questioning and occasionally figuring out.

WHAT I DO

I’ve spent more than two decades building businesses, working with people and making decisions in the real world. These days, I also write.

My essays explore the everyday stuff that gets complicated surprisingly quickly: ambition, relationships, expectations, self-doubt, success, choices and change.

My first book, The Self-Help Industry Owes You An Apology, grew out of the same curiosity. It questions our obsession with fixing ourselves and asks whether perhaps we’ve been solving the wrong problem.

That’s really what this website is: a place for the things I’m thinking about, questioning and occasionally figuring out.

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I’M NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU ANSWERS.
I’M HERE TO HELP YOU ASK BETTER QUESTIONS.
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