Outcome engineering matters. But so do visible ownership—and knowing when an outcome was never fully yours to control. Today I got another lesson in power. I was discussing how things work differently at Corporate Centre when someone casually suggested that perhaps my predecessor should be sent along with me. The implication was obvious: He would…
I am struggling with money. This is probably one of the most embarrassing truths about my life. Not because I don’t understand the importance of money. I do. My problem is stranger. For most of my life, I never developed a strong desire to make money. And I am beginning to think that this is…
I chose my mentor for a reason. Until recently, I could not explain that reason. He can get angry with me. He can criticise me. Sometimes he can burst out over something I consider relatively small. And yet, strangely, none of this has made me want to move away from him. I remain unnecessarily loyal…
For the last two days, I have been in a slump. And I know what started it. Beer. On Sunday, I could have rested. Instead, I went out and had beer. That disrupted my recovery. Chilled beer gave me a cold. I took cold medicine. The medicine made me drowsy. This morning, I was practically…
Ben Wilson’s cancer diagnosis brought back an old podcast, an old version of myself, and an uncomfortable thought about ambition and mortality. Ben Wilson, the creator of How to Take Over the World, has cancer. I learned about it through My First Million. Normally, news like this about someone I don’t personally know would not affect me…
I have written through many of my old thoughts. Perhaps the next phase is not about writing more, but living, learning and giving new ideas time to emerge. Something unusual has happened to my writing. I don’t feel an impulse to write. Usually, my mind is bubbling with some idea. I keep thinking about it,…
Treating failure as feedback, behaviour change as iteration, and life as an experiment BAF — my Behaviour Architecture Framework — is slowly becoming more than something I use for my health project. It is becoming an approach to life. And for some reason, I am truly enjoying it. The biggest change is simple: I have removed…
You can explore my full 6 pack project here. I Know What to Do, So Why Don’t I Do It? I barely remember the book now. But the question stayed somewhere in my head. These days, I am becoming obsessed with it. I sometimes find it more fascinating than the philosophical question, Does God exist? Because…
Also available one – 6 Pack Project So finally, I am revealing the framework I am using to improve my health. Suspense music, please. The idea is essentially a combination of the Lean Startup framework applied to Atomic Habits. I call it the Behaviour Architecture Framework — BAF. I have always been interested in behavioural psychology, particularly…
I have spent 11 years in a bank. For almost seven of those years, I managed to blame the bank for a significant part of my dissatisfaction. My underlying assumption was simple: I know better. The institution and the people running it are stupid. State Bank has existed in some form for more than 200…