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If this sounds familiar

You're capable of more. You know it. The question is where to aim.

The noise

  • Everyone's an expert now, but the advice keeps contradicting itself
  • AI is rewriting the rules—and most people are pretending it isn't
  • You're working hard, but you're not sure it's on the right things
  • The old playbook doesn't work anymore, but nobody's written the new one
  • You sense you should be adapting, but to what exactly?

What actually helps

  • Clarity on what matters most right now—and what can wait
  • Frameworks for making decisions when you can't see the full picture
  • A clear-eyed view of where AI helps and where it doesn't
  • Permission to build at your own pace—without falling behind
  • Someone who's been through it and can help you skip the expensive mistakes

Why I can help

I've had the Rolls Royce and the repossession notice. Both taught me something.

By eight, I lived in an English mansion—Rolls Royces, planes, helicopters, the works. Then my father lost everything, had a breakdown, and left. My mother raised three kids alone. We went from the top 1% to council estates overnight.

That taught me early: circumstances shift fast. What travels with you is how you think, how you adapt, and how you show up when things get difficult.

Since then I've spent twenty years building companies, leading teams, and testing ideas in the real world. Some worked. Some didn't. I've consulted for brands you'd recognise and made expensive mistakes along the way. I've also done hundreds of hours of therapy—which, honestly, helped more than most business books.

I'm not a guru. But I'm not pretending I don't know things either. Twenty years of building gives you pattern recognition that's hard to get any other way. I share what I've learned for people who want the shortcut.

Now, with my first child on the way, I'm thinking hard about what kind of life I want to build—not just for me, but for them. That's part of why this exists. I'm documenting what I'm learning, and you're welcome to come along.

What I write about

Clarity on the things that actually move the needle.

My therapist says I have a compulsive need to over-deliver. I've decided to make that your advantage.

Work

Building things that matter

How to do work that compounds—not just keeps you busy. What I've learned from building companies, making payroll, and watching ventures succeed and fail.

Decisions

Thinking under pressure

How to make good calls when you can't see the full picture. The frameworks that actually hold up in real life—not just in business books.

AI & Change

Adapting without panicking

AI is changing everything—but not in the ways most people think. How to position yourself to benefit from the shift instead of being displaced by it.

Life

Everything else

Relationships, health, meaning—the stuff that doesn't fit in a productivity app but matters more than most of it. (Therapy helps. Highly recommend.)

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