3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, It's my birthday 🥳 If you'd like to get me a present, please press subscribe on YouTube. Or feel free to reply and tell me a story about something you've enjoyed from the show or my writing over the last year, those make me smile (: When faced with a challenge, your nature might be to worry and obsess and grip tightly. The classic Insecure Overachiever mindset. Because worrying is so common in every pursuit you attempt, your successes are seen as proof that worrying...
8 days ago • 3 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I'm going on tour to Australia, New Zealand & Bali in March. UK & Ireland in October. Come see me. The Curse of Psychological Strength. Everyone has a limit. An end to the amount of discomfort they can cope with. This is obvious physically - some people can lift more and run further than others. But how much emotional pain, upset or disappointment a person can endure is subtler and harder to detect. It’s not apparent in the size of someone’s arms but the capacity of...
15 days ago • 5 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I’m coming back on tour in the UK & Ireland with a brand new live show 🚀 Presale signup is now live for first access to VIP, meet & greet and standard tickets. “All life is problem-solving.” — Karl Popper A few months ago I was on tour in Nashville with my manager Luke and he was telling me how he sometimes gets in trouble with his wife at 1am because he’s still on his phone. Messaging, emailing, sending voice notes, just… coordinating shit. For clarity, she is...
22 days ago • 4 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, Neutonic just launched our first ever Variety Pack in the UK. So if you've ever been Neutonic-curious but can't decide which flavour to buy - you can now get a single tray of 12 cans in 4 flavours. Shop Neutonic Variety Packs before they sell out. (UK-only for now) I’ve been thinking about The Dark Side Of Monk Mode. Monk Mode has grown to huge popularity over the last few years as a self-improvement strategy, especially for men. It’s a retreat from the world to...
29 days ago • 4 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I'm going on tour to Australia, New Zealand & Bali in March. Come see me. It’s common wisdom to say “the only criticisms that hurt are the ones that are true.” I don’t think that’s right. The criticisms that hurt most are the ones that you know aren’t true, but that other people might believe. The only thing worse than having your reputation damaged for something shameful you did is having it damaged for something shameful you didn’t do. That’s wrongful conviction....
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I'm going on tour to Australia, New Zealand & Bali in March. Come see me. Discipline, motivation and obsession are three words that get thrown around a lot. I think most people misunderstand all three, and because of that they miss some very big lessons about how life actually works. Here’s the simplest way to separate them: Discipline is “I will make myself do the thing.”Motivation is “I want to do the thing.”Obsession is “I can’t not do the thing.” All three...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I'm going on tour to Australia, New Zealand & Bali in March. Come see me. “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.” The line comes from Hamlet, and it’s usually misheard as an insult. As if Shakespeare is sneering at morality - like ethics soften us, or thought drains courage from the body. That’s not what’s happening, Shakespeare isn’t attacking goodness, he’s pointing at self-awareness and naming its cost. In the “To be, or not to be” soliloquy, Hamlet isn’t...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, “I still find myself with this sense that success has to be earned. And the only way to earn it is to inflict pain on yourself. And if you’re not in pain you didn’t try hard enough. And it would have been better if you’d suffered more. And I think that’s a lie, and I want to find out if it’s a lie or if it’s true.” — Rich Roll I think it’s a lie too. One of the most common questions that got asked on tour was “How do I give myself credit for my accomplishments in...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, It's nearly the end of the year, you should do a review process. My End Of Year Review framework has been downloaded by 100,000 people and is totally free. Enjoy x This time of year can be tough. Downtime from busyness, overwhelm from family and melancholy from reflection can create the perfect storm for overthinking. So here’s 20 Sentences to Stop Overthinking by Nir Eyal. Use these one-liners as mantras when your brain won't switch off. I don't need certainty to...
2 months ago • 3 min read