“Fortune favours the bold.”
“Look before you leap.”
So, which one is it???
“Fortune favours the bold” is the battle cry of the blind optimist. It works well, sometimes, but it can also lead to a flaming mess!
“Look before you leap” is the hunkering down cry of the pessimist. It also works well, sometimes, but it can also lead to paralysis.
I think many issues in our lives are created when we make things binary; it is this or that.
But actually, very few things are truly binary; there’s an entire spectrum available to us and we aren’t locked in to any one part of that spectrum.
The reality is that it’s a good idea to live by both these mottos, and just to apply them appropriately.
I think healthy confidence does the pre-work, then commits and moves forward
Pondering life and the environment, I came to a realisation.
The natural order of things is to revert to equilibrium.
I like to do breathwork meditations while lying down in the sauna.
Capital allocation is a huge part of success in business.
We recently flew up to Wellington with my daughter, Flossie, to look at a pony that might be perfect for her next season.
Is an important measure of a parent's success that your kids love hanging out with you?
The other day, we dropped off Zara for her first day of high school in the morning and attended a friend’s child’s funeral in the afternoon.