Posts about life.
“Everything in moderation” is a saying that I grew up hearing all the time. I used to translate it as “Be dull. Be mediocre. Be restrained.”, which in the 1980s was not cool. The 80s were about big hair, big cars and big money. Big egos living in big houses and bigging it up at […]
WHAT IS ENOUGH? AN INTRODUCTION. Read More »
In Chapter 33 of the Tao Te Ching there is a line: “He who knows he has enough is rich.” The Tao Te Ching is a classical Chinese text – the foundational text of Toaism – and attributed to the sage Laozi (or Lau Tzu in its most familiar anglicised form). Thought to have been
HE WHO KNOWS HE HAS ENOUGH IS RICH Read More »
Remember, however big your dreams – you have to go through the smaller stuff. If you want a private jet then you have to go through – foot – bicycle – moped – car – bigger car – even bigger car – helicopter – shared jet – private jet. You can’t just go from zero
SPEED IS JUST STEPS ON A JOURNEY Read More »
Step One: Build something that generates money. Then walk away. You could sell it or you could put into place systems so that the thing you’ve built can continue to exist without your constant attention. Step Two: Repeat Step One. When you have enough, stop. So you ask, “What to build?” Something niche. Something small
HOW TO GET TO ENOUGH (PART 1) Read More »
When we are good at something the temptation is to keep doing it. Sometimes for way longer than necessary. For example, people that are good at making money tend to keep making money, even though they will never be able to spend everything they earn. This is a sad waste of life. Spending time doing
KNOWING WHEN YOU’VE PLAYED THE GAME FOR LONG ENOUGH Read More »
You can spend 10 or 20 years ‘climbing the corporate ladder’ or working at a career, only to realise when you get there that it’s not what you wanted. It’s not fulfilling. It’s not where you want to be. It’s not enough. What do you do then? Most people would react like a startled rabbit
CHANGE WHAT IS WRONG Read More »
Say you’ve worked out that you need £1,000,000 to last the rest of your life. That’s the figure you’ve arrived at. You’ve done your homework properly. You’ve considered many different scenarios. You’ve factored in fluctuations and changes that may occur. And after all that, you’ve decided that’s how much you need before you can stop
FEAR IS THE ENEMY OF ENOUGH Read More »
Being and having enough doesn’t mean that you have to be content with the status quo and that you don’t ever need to change anything. It means you are free to choose.
I would caution anyone from having nothing to do with their time. However appealing having an unlimited amount of time on your hands sounds, the fact remains that as humans we need something to fill our days. There is a famous saying – “The Devil makes work for idle hands.” If you are fortunate to
We are told all the time that if we are not moving up and to the right then we are going backwards. In any graph charting pretty much anything, the goal is for whatever we are measuring (the y-axis) to improve, grow, be higher, over time (the x-axis). The line of our graph should move
ENOUGH ‘UP AND TO THE RIGHT’ Read More »
Many people believe that talking about something is the same as doing something. They think that saying “one day I will…” is the same as starting something. It isn’t. One day never comes. It’s like tomorrow – always just out of reach. If you want to do something then you have to start. And you
ENOUGH PROCRASTINATION Read More »
I was recently on holiday in Cornwall. It’s a beautiful part of the world. Blue seas. Delightful coves. Awesome scenery. A truly magical place. When we arrived I said to my partner “I could live here! Imagine waking up to that view every day!” After a week I was used to the view. I had
WHEN THE EXTRAORDINARY LOSES THE ‘EXTRA’ Read More »
Nobody knows everything. Nobody is perfect. But you are enough as you are. We are all striving to be the best we can be. The multi-billion pound self help industry can attest to that. But in the never-ending quest for self improvement, what exactly are we improving and when do we stop? At what point
YOU ARE ENOUGH JUST AS YOU ARE Read More »
Recently I booked a weekend away in the Cotswolds. I wanted to find just the right place. In the country. In or close to a pretty Cotswold village. Walking distance to a great pub or two, and with somewhere great to dine. I’ve possibly spent longer looking for this break than the actual break will
ENOUGH REVIEWS: Why we try to optimise everything and why we shouldn’t. Read More »
How much is enough when it comes to data? Data is everywhere. It is the new gold, or oil, or whatever. Organisations collect our data and then use it to persuade us to buy or vote or behave in a certain way. But data isn’t certainty. Data is probability a best. Data can point or
