Do you ever think to yourself “I don’t understand myself” (usually in the hours after doing something incredibly awkward or stupid)?

Whether you want to go all-in and try building a second brain, or just start capturing good ideas somewhere, I think adopting a habit of recording your ideas and the sources that inspire them is of enormous value; professionally, socially, intellectually, spiritually, and… yeah, pretty much all the -ally’s.

Look, it’s really hard to stop feeling guilty about things you could have done better. But you can stop the whole guilt train that comes afterwards.

Being exposed to the process so closely, I recently realised why I’m foolish not to be doing the same.

The paradox of diversity is that a space made for everyone is a space that appeals to no-one. Our political desire for diversity of opportunity and opinion is well justified—your likelihood of success in life should not be decided (or even influenced) by where you’re born, what you look like, or who you love.

As Marcus Aurelius so aptly put it almost 2000 years ago, “the obstacle is the way”.

You probably already know that there are two ways to enjoy a magic show. The first is to suspend disbelief, to sit in the audience and be amazed when the elephant disappears, or the beautiful assistant is sliced in half, or the magician steps off the platform and hovers in mid-air. It’s an enjoyable way to spend an evening, to be treated to an exciting and entertaining show.