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Failure
Failure is data, not destiny — every setback carries information that success never could, if you're willing to look at it honestly.
Recent Articles on Failure
Five bullship excuses you need to get over right now
Stop waiting for perfect. Ship something good enough now, fail fast to learn, make time by defining what success actually means to you, build with almost no money, and hunt ideas by noticing what…
Ideas are not businesses... BUT THEY CAN BE!
I spent 20 years learning what not to do. Now I'm helping people shortcut those mistakes and turn ideas into actual businesses. It's just as rewarding as building things myself.
Why "Doing Nothing" is actually the secret to success
Constant grinding gets you halfway. The other half is patience—building a real plan and letting it actually play out instead of constantly tweaking it.
More Productive. Less Engaged. Trouble for teams.
Activity is up, engagement is collapsing — that's the Output Paradox. AI makes the easy work easier so people switch off, and your dashboards hide it. Fix the incentives, or apathy wins.
Your Brain on ChatGPT Is Worse Than You Think
AI didn't ruin documents—bad incentives did. Organizations pressure people to produce faster, so they use AI to skip the thinking. We're losing the skill of actually sitting with information and…
How I stopped being an asshole in conversations
I used to argue to win and catch people out. How 'give it five minutes,' Chesterton's fence and asking 'why am I talking?' moved me from winning arguments to actually understanding people.
Advice from 40 year old me to 20 year old me
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since that article was published and took on a life of its own.
How I Stopped Being an Asshole Entrepreneur
I used to be an asshole. Not in the self-deprecating, funny, quirky sort of way.
From a $50m listed entity to $10m and going bust
Shawn Johal worked in his wife’s growing family business until the tides turned and the listed company went bust.
Scaling When The Money Stops Coming
Raising funding feels like a victory but can often be the kiss of death for a startup.
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