Tag: Prioritisation

Follow your dreams…but what dreams?

Sylvie had, has, the voice of an angel.  The sort of voice that you hear in your dreams.  I met her at University and even in her late teens, when she sang it would lift your soul, or bring you to laughter, or tears.  Sometimes it would do all three in the course of five…

By Caveman March 10, 2020 5

The seductive peril of loving your job

If there was a time when I did anything other than sit in meetings with lawyers and bankers and consultants, I’m not sure I can recall it.  There must have been a point where I didn’t do any work on weekends, but if there was it’s lost to my recollection.  I go to sleep thinking…

By Caveman November 25, 2019 3

Work less hard, you won’t regret it

Do you feel like you work too hard? Spend too many hours in the office or commuting? You’re not alone. People on their deathbeds wish they hadn’t worked so hard. It’s a cliché isn’t it? I certainly find myself often saying or thinking: “No one says on their deathbed that they wished they had spent…

By Caveman July 11, 2019 7

Why I would love to lose my job

OK I’m going to put up front that I think that I’m going to come across as a bit of a tool in this post. More than a bit actually. Today is all about why I would really like to lose my job. I know. What a privileged, oblivious, idiot. For most people losing their…

By Caveman May 9, 2019 24

“Do you want an inheritance or do you want a cruise?” Can money buy happiness?

The crowd was so silent that we could hear a gull calling overhead. Tension scrawled across every face. Our final player stepped up and, without hesitation, struck. The disc slid across the deck and landed on a seven. We threw our hands up in the air. The victorious shuffleboard player walked over to the kids. …

By Caveman April 26, 2019 21

The magical world of prioritisation. How to win promotions and get pay rises the idle way

One of the inescapable facts about adulting is that almost all of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work. Even worse it’s not as if the rest of the time around that is for us to do what we like. We spend the time between waking up and starting work getting ready…

By Caveman January 15, 2019 10

Morning routines are for losers (except for my one) – how normal people can create a morning routine that works for them

All the cool kids have a morning routine right? It seems like the advice from CEOs, celebrities,athletes – in fact everyone who is (or wants to be) successful – including the girls and boys of the FIRE world – is to have a morning routine. Until the start of the year I didn’t get morning…

By Caveman November 26, 2018 8