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Are you on autopilot?

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

If your days feel like a blur of emails, notifications, and endless scrolling, it might be time to pause. Take my qui...

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End of Year Reflection

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Calendar cycles exist for a reason. The year is for reflection and direction.The week is for action. Each cycle gives...

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Xmas

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

This season means different things to different people. For some, it’s religious. For others, it’s cultural. For many...

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Sabbath grounds me

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Three big life milestones in three months.Selling my business.Our daughter’s engagement.Our son finishing school. Gra...

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Media Granularity

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Media has changed and it’s not going back. We used to choose what to read.Now, it chooses us. We hunted for what to w...

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Why have platforms shifted to 9:16?

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Why has every platform shifted to 9:16? Because the medium now dictates how we communicate — and how we think. McLuha...

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Stuck In The Matrix

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Most people think they’re addicted to their phones, but they’re actually addicted to the interface. When I built my t...

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Work & Rest

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Nature runs on rhythm; growth and decay, work and rest. Constant work without rest leads to burnout. Every cycle R...

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Between Knowing and Choosing

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Knowledge is history. Decisions shape the future. The only moment we truly hold is now—the pause between them. How we...

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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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Fortnightly writing on time, attention, and what actually matters. For people who are serious about how they spend their days.

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