I think the productivity gurus who’ve found success through discipline need to broaden their perspective and see that it’s not discipline specifically and universally that drives prolific output, but instead that each individual needs to find their path to action in prolific abundance.

“Just do it” isn’t a plan.

Enthusiasm is what drives me, not discipline. I suspect I’m not the only one.

Quantity is the well from which quality springs.

Find reasons to take action, rather than excuses not to.

When we’re faced with a purchasing decision, we take into account all the variables (in this case, Nick is planning to live in this house for decades, and he wants the job done properly). When we’re pricing our own services, fear causes us to massively amplify the influence of the cost.

Once you feel you’re calibrating into an impeccable relationship with your word, you can start to leverage its awesome power.

Success lies at the intersection. Be an opportunistic purist.

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.

Building a personal brand for esteem, money, recognition, power, leverage, etc… isn't compelling for most people, because most people aren't (and don't want to be) contrived, inauthentic, or artificial.

Any traditional productivity training would tell you that I’d just made a terrible decision, to abandon a task mid-stream to follow an impulse.

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.

At this point in history, political science suggests that there is no ideal solution to human organisation, and that elements of most political systems have both utility and deficiencies.

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

I see a lot of so-called experts and thought leaders paying to appear on my facebook feed.