Lessons learned through learning to surf as a 30-something city dweller — Each year, alongside my new year’s resolutions I make a commitment to learn a new skill. I decided a few years ago to make this annual commitment, as the older I get, the more set in my ways I’m becoming — afraid of trying new things and stepping outside my…

Lessons from Shopify’s experiment to delete 322,000 hours of meetings — You’re not imagining it — we are in more meetings than ever before. Microsoft found that the amount of time the average Teams user spent in meetings more than tripled between February 2020 and February 2022 (Microsoft Teams is a virtual meeting platform similar to Zoom and Slack.) A study…

How one person changed their belief system and challenged what the world thought was possible — On May 6th, 1964, Roger Bannister shocked the world when he became the first person to run a sub-4 minute mile. Runners had been chasing this goal since at least 1886, a challenge involving the most brilliant coaches and gifted athletes worldwide. …

For many over-employment is a way to take back control from employers — but is it ethical to do so? — At the start of the pandemic, a relative of mine, let’s call him Jonathan, was told he was going to be made redundant from his job as a product manager at a large tech company. The company gave him plenty of warning, so he started looking round for another job…

Here’s how doing this helped me complete my first marathon. — How many times have you written yourself off, or passed on opportunities due to beliefs like: “I’m not smart enough” “I’m not fit enough” “I’m too old to do that” In December 2022 I decided I wanted to run a marathon. At the time I had completed a couple of…

Not getting back to your desk could affect your pay, performance reviews, and more — For many business leaders, the results of their remote work experiments are in. With employers questioning remote worker productivity, and arguing that in-person meetings and magic watercooler moments are essential for idea generation, they want people back in the office. Despite this, for many, working from home is now seen…

Some of them are undeniable — Just over a year ago, Lyft proudly announced it was “now a fully flexible workplace”, and that employees would “have the choice of where to live and where to work”. In April, Lyft’s new CEO David Rishner laid off more than 1,000 employees, roughly 26% of its workforce, and mandated…

Including the exact exercise and meal plans I use Exercise. We all know we need it. But when weighed against the demands of work, family, (and your side-gig writing on medium) it’s one of the easiest things to de-prioritize. …

And why she intends to keep her day job — If you spend enough time online, it doesn’t take long until you read stories of people leveraging the scale of the internet to build highly profitable businesses. What’s interesting is that many of these people have successful day jobs. Rather than trying to “build an online empire and escape the…