Hey 🙂  Most weeks, I sit down to do my 3-1-3 and the single most important objective just…appears. I know what it is. Maybe you’re the same. This week was different. We’re at the start of a sprint, and I found myself staring at the question — what’s the single most important objective for next week? — and genuinely not knowing. My...

Hey 🙂 There’s something I’ve noticed about getting feedback from my team. When I send a draft in a Google Doc, I get slow feedback. When I send something that looks close to the finished thing, I get fast feedback. I don’t have science to back this up, but my working theory is that a Google Doc feels unfinished. It...

Hey 🙂 Someone on the team recently asked a fair question: “I’m used to thinking in quarters. Why six weeks? Why should we bother?” It’s a good question, and I want to answer it properly — because I think when you understand the reasoning, it actually changes how you work. The problem with 90 days I’ve worked in quarters. Most...

Hey 🙂 We’re in week one of a new sprint. It’s Wednesday morning, and this feels like the right time to write this down — not just because we’re in it right now, but because I want to document some thinking that’s been sharpened recently by reading Twyla Tharp’s book, The Creative Habit. Three things stood out to me. And...

Hey 🙂 There’s a pillar in the work we do at The Question First Group called Vanguarding. The short version: get ahead of problems before they become problems. Shine a light down the dark path. Anticipate where the friction is going to come from before it shows up and bites you. I’ve been thinking about how much it applies to everyday communication...

Hey 🙂 I did Sahil Bloom’s quarterly review this week. Specifically the first exercise — the traffic light one. I did it in a cafe, on my phone, scrolling back through my calendar. Took maybe 20 minutes. Probably less. The exercise is simple. You go back through your calendar and label things red, yellow, or green. That’s it. Who you spent time...

Hey 🙂 Something’s been sitting with me all week and I want to share it before we get into the 3-1-3. I wrote a business plan this week. A big one. Probably 35,000 words. Lots of ideas, lots of directions, lots of ambition. And after I finished it, I realised I’ll probably never send it to anyone. Not because it...

Hey 🙂 I’ve been messing around with this for about a year, and I’ve decided to launch a community/group around my blog content, and the ideas I write about.  You can come and engage with the content and communicate directly with me here: https://t.me/+nNdiJWPQ4NswNjlk I have been feeling a pull towards working with and helping more people do their best work....

Happy (Good) Friday 🙂  With a new quarter kicking off, I wanted to take a moment to revisit something we do every week — and remind you why we do it. Because here’s the thing: as owners, we have a tendency to beat ourselves up about what we haven’t done. At the end of the week, the month, the quarter — the...

Hey 🙂  I don’t think any of this is going to be a surprise to anyone in a leadership position. Most leaders already know what I’m about to say. The challenge isn’t the knowing — it’s the doing. What I’m really thinking about is delegation. Specifically, the messy bit where you want to hand something off to someone on your...

Hey 🙂  I want to talk about a framework that’s genuinely changed the way I think about time and work — both for myself and for the owners I coach. Before I get into it, I want to be upfront: this isn’t mine. It comes from Dan Sullivan at Strategic Coach. He publishes a small book every quarter built around...

Hey 🙂 Every Friday I do a simple weekly review I call the 3-1-3. Three things that look and feel like progress this week.One single objective for next week.Three tasks that will move the needle on that one thing. It takes about 15-20 minutes, and it’s one of the most important things I do all week. I’ll explain why in...