Returning to Deep Work

Returning to Deep Work

Some time ago I was introduced to Cal Newport’s excellent book Deep Work.

In this blog, I discuss why it is so important to commit and execute your ‘Deep Work’. Your Deep Work is your greatest contribution to the universe and you must fulfil this obligation.

Despite the Paramount importance of Deep Work, one of the greatest challenges is the ability to schedule and execute Deep Work.

“I Don’t Know” Might Just Be the 3 Best Words in Leadership

“I Don’t Know” Might Just Be the 3 Best Words in Leadership

With a big ‘hat tip’ to the excellent author & speaker Simon Sinek, this attribution from him is both insightful and brilliant.

In this blog, I want to challenge conventional thinking around hubris, humility and life-long learning.

Why do young children so openly and willingly admit when they don’t know something?

Something happens to us as teenagers and young adults, where we become reluctant to volunteer when we don’t know something.

It gets drilled out of us.

Beyond these formative years, the unwillingness to admit we don’t know something often becomes a default position in conversations, meetings and interpersonal interactions.