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Are all those courgettes?

Are all those courgettes?

The packet had fifteen seeds in it, so I planted fifteen seeds. A quarter of everything I could grow that year went into a vegetable I ended up leaving on a footpath for strangers. A client who’d sold her business and given herself a year out made the same mistake with her time, filling it with everything she wanted in slivers too thin to get into. This is about the difference between deciding what you want and deciding how much of it you want at once.

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What are we casting our votes for?
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What are we casting our votes for?

What if we viewed our daily choices as "votes" for what matters most?

In this blog post, I share how a tech founder's approach to managing his time and energy can help purpose-driven entrepreneurs maintain motivation without burning out. Discover a simple framework for sustainable motivation.

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