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How to become more interesting and interested
While everyone uses AI to sound like the average, you stand out by smashing your random interests together. How curiosity, self-efficacy and high agency make you more interesting, and more successful.
Are you using ai to fix your toilet?
AI makes me more engaged with the world, not less. From fixing my shower to making sense of my health data, how I use it to feed curiosity and tinker, without letting the tool use me.
Five things I did to build a killer team
How I fixed a team that couldn't ship: less process, more trust. The Dunbar number, why high-trust low-process teams win, and the five moves I made to build a team that actually delivers.
Move Slow and Fix Things
AI promises speed, but organisations mistake output for progress. Slow down, fix the basics, and escape the Apathy Arch before your best people check out.
The obvious value of stating the obvious
From MSISDN jargon at Vodacom to AI hype today: why stating the obvious is a superpower when everyone else stays quiet.
Be the change you want to see in young men
From a noisy cinema to Louis Theroux’s Manosphere: male role models, algorithms, and choosing to model respect in public instead of only whispering from your seat.
This is How I Do Therapy
I've been going to therapy for over ten years now. I resisted therapy aggressively when I was in my 20s — here's how I frame it as mental coaching and what I do each month.
I Deleted Social Media Because I
I recently decided to stop using X. com.
The Brutality Of Burnout
Burnout is fucking intense, people.
If It Annoys You Twice Fix It
A few months ago I was watching an episode of Chef’s Table: Legends on Netflix. The one with Jamie Oliver.
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