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Kurt Vonnegut Quote

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Kurt Vonnegut once said: “I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you...

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Wired for connection

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

We are wired for connection. It’s one of our most fundamental human needs. Facebook promised to satisfy it: sud...

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Desocialisation

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Technology didn’t just make life easier — it made it more isolated.The question isn’t what we’ve gained…It’s what we’...

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Wealth Reimagined

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

15 years ago, a health crisis forced me to stop. At the time, I had five operating businesses, a handful of non-profi...

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Sabbath as ancient wisdom

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

A life without pauses slowly forgets itself. Rest isn’t the absence of work. It’s the architecture of a meaningful li...

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The nexus between death and time

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

In family enterprise the hardest conversations are usually the ones we postpone — legacy, succession, death. When we ...

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A Moment to Taste

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

When was the last time you actually took a moment to taste your food? Day 2 of the 7-Day Power of Pause Challenge inv...

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Morning Pause

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

What’s the first thing you do in the morning? If the answer is checking your phone, it’s time to start intentionally ...

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Social Is Displacing Google

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

For years, Google dominated search. But for many in Gen Z, discovery now starts on social. Short-form video, creator ...

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Productivity culture runs like a hamster wheel. It just keeps running, at the same pace, going nowhere.

Do you manage your time like a hamster wheel or do you put a training program in place and find time to rest?

There's a scene in "Mad Men" where Don Draper is asked what he thought about Hawaii, and instead of talking about beaches, he talks about becoming someone else. Not a version of himself with better tan lines and a Mai Tai. A different person. One who, for a few days, didn't miss

I recently took one of the best holidays of my life, and I never left the resort.

Turns out the destination is beside the point. What you're actually chasing is a change of pace, and if your holiday runs on the same schedule as your working week, you've just moved the treadmill

We have strategies for our careers, our finance, our help.

Pleased to announce a program to help answer an important question: “what’s your strategy for your time?”

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