• Succeed by practicing failure

    Succeed by practicing failure

    My son had the ability to ride his bike without stabilisers, but all he was lacking was the confidence. He needed to get over the fear of failure and the fear of falling off. So I unbolted the training wheels and helped my son on to his bike. And then we just practiced falling off,…

  • All things must pass

    Funerals are never easy. I’m sure many mourners find themselves lamenting that missed opportunity to say ‘goodbye’ properly. I’ve never had that chance to share that opportunity with any of those I’ve lost. A final farewell as the coffin is committed is the closest I’ve ever come. And that’s the moment when it becomes real;…

  • Blue-sky thinking

    Blue-sky thinking

    I remember being in a maths lesson one day when I was about 10. We had been asked to rate the probability of certain things happening on a scale of one to 10…

  • Bye bye Spiderman

    Bye bye Spiderman

    I had a poignant moment this evening with my son. There was an element of sadness in that moment, but also beauty and it was something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

  • The second jog

    The second jog

    I’ve set my alarm for 7am tomorrow. That’ll give me time to squeeze a jog into my schedule before showering, meditating, having breakfast and then sauntering into my home office ready for a day at the helm of EggCup Web Design.

  • Off the couch and into the fire

    Off the couch and into the fire

    Today I did something I’ve never voluntarily done before — I went for a jog. That might not sound like much of an achievement to you, but it was a big step for me.

  • The bad Buddhist

    The bad Buddhist

    Over the course of the past 10 years I’ve dabbled with the philosophy of Buddhism — without much success I hasten to add. I began my adventure with ludicrously high expectations. Nirvana was only a few small steps away, or so I thought at the time…

  • You Are Going to Fail

    You Are Going to Fail

    It’s okay to be afraid. The turning point in my life came when I realised that I couldn’t escape fear. It’s hard-coded into each and every one of us. It serves a powerful evolutionary purpose, so rather than trying to deny it I realised the only way forward was to embrace it and accept it…

  • My first four years using a WordPress.com website

    I’ve been meaning to to set my own personal WordPress website live for ages. The curse of being a web designer is that it’s always your own site that gets pushed to the bottom of the pile!