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Professionally speaking, the best thing about August for me is that nobody is trying to schedule anything too serious.So...
20/08/2026

Professionally speaking, the best thing about August for me is that nobody is trying to schedule anything too serious.

So, the calendar breathes, and conversations happen because people want to have them rather than because they are on a list.

And things that need thinking about are considered instead of being managed around.

So, I always come out of August with a clearer sense of what actually matters and what I was doing just because it was on the list.

Now, my conclusion is that not everything that gets dropped in August deserves to be picked up again in October.

And it is certainly worth noticing which things those are.

Peace is a strange thing to try to teach a room full of toddlers.And that’s because they are not naturally inclined towa...
18/08/2026

Peace is a strange thing to try to teach a room full of toddlers.

And that’s because they are not naturally inclined towards it.

For one- to three-year-olds, everything is urgent, everything must be done immediately.

And I mean the juice, the biscuits, the need to be picked up right away, etc.

But sometimes, like last Sunday, we play the quiet game.

Everyone sits still, no talking, just listening to what they are being taught.

Thirty seconds in, most of them have a calm look on their faces.

And that was just thirty seconds in.

Now, as I think about it, I believe we adults need this just as much as the toddlers do, and we are considerably worse at allowing it.

And the reason is simple.

Peace is not the absence of noise. Instead, it is what is available beneath it if you stop long enough to notice.

I have been reading differently this month.Yes, it has been slower without an agenda, such as extracting something usefu...
13/08/2026

I have been reading differently this month.

Yes, it has been slower without an agenda, such as extracting something useful for an agreement, social media post, or coaching framework.

I have just been reading because the book is interesting.

And it is remarkable how much you notice when you are not trying to produce anything from what you are consuming.

Now, I am currently in the middle of something that has nothing to do with law or coaching, and my word!

So, I believe that reading broadly is underrated because most of the genuinely interesting ideas I have incorporated into my work as a lawyer or coach did not come from books about leadership or law.

What is the best thing you have read this year?

A book, an article, anything?

This Sunday with my toddlers we were doing joy. Which is, of all the fruits of the Spirit, probably the easiest to teach...
11/08/2026

This Sunday with my toddlers we were doing joy.

Which is, of all the fruits of the Spirit, probably the easiest to teach a room of one to three-year-olds because they already have it in abundance.

After reciting “I have joy” as our memory verse, we played music and danced.

That was the lesson and there was no hidden complexity to it.

But watching them completely unselfconscious, entirely in the moment, not wondering how they looked or whether they were doing it right, I thought: this is what joy actually is.

It is not happiness that depends on circumstances but just full presence in whatever is happening right now.

Most of us adults spend considerable energy trying to get back to something these children have not yet lost.

I’m still thinking about that.

06/08/2026

Something I have noticed about August every year for about the last decade is that the people who come back from their break sharpest are rarely the ones who worked through it.

They are the ones who actually stopped fully long enough that their brain had room to do something other than respond to what was immediately in front of it.

Now, I am convinced that rest is not the absence of work.

Instead, it is what makes the return to work worth something.

So, if you are reading this from a beach or a verandah somewhere, trust me, it’s okay to stay there a little longer if you can.

There is something I have noticed about August every year for over a decade.The people who take a break come back sharpe...
06/08/2026

There is something I have noticed about August every year for over a decade.

The people who take a break come back sharper than those who push through.

I mean, these people actually stopped working long enough for their minds to have space to do something other than react to what is immediately in front of them.

This led me to the conclusion that rest is not just the absence of work but what makes returning to work meaningful.

So, if you are reading this far from your desk or on a verandah somewhere, it’s okay to stay there a little longer.

August is here, and I have decided to slow down, post less, and be more present.You see, I teach toddlers aged one to th...
05/08/2026

August is here, and I have decided to slow down, post less, and be more present.

You see, I teach toddlers aged one to three at church.

This month and next, we are exploring the fruits of the Spirit, which, if you have ever tried to explain love or joy to a two-year-old, you will know is less a curriculum and more a lived experience.

One Sunday, one of my toddlers walked up to another who was crying, patted him on the back, and then went back to playing.

No words, no fuss, just: "Hey, I see you. Now I am going back to play."

So, while we spent about twenty minutes trying to teach love on Sunday, he already had it.

Happy August, folks!

Today is the last day to enrol, and I want to share a few things before it closes tonight.This month was not just conten...
31/07/2026

Today is the last day to enrol, and I want to share a few things before it closes tonight.

This month was not just content.

I want to clarify that, even though it probably looked like content from the outside.

It was an honest attempt to put into words the struggles I see professionals face all the time.

I wrote about these issues because they matter and not because they perform well on LinkedIn.

Sometimes they are the same thing but oftentimes, they are not.

Enrolment for “From Professional to Leader" closes tonight.

If you've been reading this month and recognising yourself, that recognition is the most genuine signal you have, so, I wouldn’t ignore it.

And if today isn’t your day, that’s okay too and I mean that.

But if it is your day, if something in you has been leaning forward all month, don’t let tonight pass without doing something about it.

📩 DM me ENROL before midnight.

To everyone who read, commented, shared, and pushed back on this content over the past month, thank you.

August brings new opportunities, and I think you will find the thoughts I’ll share useful.

I’ll be back on Monday with what’s coming next.

Have a restful weekend!

There’s only one day left, and I want to say something before enrolment closes tomorrow.I’ve been doing this for a while...
30/07/2026

There’s only one day left, and I want to say something before enrolment closes tomorrow.

I’ve been doing this for a while.

Coaching professionals, observing their growth, watching some almost grow and then pull back at the last moment.

And I’ve noticed something I can’t unsay once you hear it.

The ones who reached out when the timing wasn’t perfect, or when they weren’t completely sure, or when the investment felt like a stretch; these individuals are almost always glad they did.

I haven’t had many people come back to tell me they regretted betting on themselves.

The ones who waited, though, that’s a different story.

I’m not sharing this to pressure you.

Honestly, I’m not.

I’m saying it because tomorrow the door closes, and I’d rather you hear it clearly from me today than wonder about it six months from now.

📩 DM me ENROL, I’d love to have you in this cohort.

Two days left and I want to be honest about what this actually is.It is not polished and that is the point.It is a small...
29/07/2026

Two days left and I want to be honest about what this actually is.

It is not polished and that is the point.

It is a small group of professionals sitting with the conversations they have been avoiding.

You bring what is actually on your desk.

And then something happens that I still find difficult to describe precisely.

People realise they are not the only ones carrying this

That the uncertainty they thought was just them is sitting in the room with everyone else too.

That shift alone is worth it.

Enrolment closes Friday 31 July 2026.

📩 DM me ENROL and let’s get you in.

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