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In no particular order: 1. Right now is the sweetest moment you will ever experience, don’t waste it. 2. The fundamental route to happiness is relationship 3. Make a plan, but understand its limitations 4. Criticise your Theory of Control 5. Examine the through-line from your childhood 6. You are not the you that you once were 7. There are non-negotiables in your life, but not as many as you think 8. Crisis, failure, and tragedy await, but rarely kill you 9. Enough wealth, go

My father described a happy life as: something to do someone to love something to hope for There's a great place to start.

When I swapped my citizenship from British to Irish I caught a difference in how I was described on my new Passport. Where formerly I was a "subject" of Her Majesty the Queen (as then was), now I was a "Citizen" of the Irish Republic. That contrast struck me as one of participation, in one you were being instructed to obey, in the other you were being invited to participate. In the reality of our daily lives I doubt we experience the difference, but at times we are called to

The most dangerous person in your business is you. I’ve been there. Mad start-up idea, enthusiastic investors, big raise, late product,...