This is also an ode to human ingenuity, sense making, mindfulness and critical thinking. Especially at this time of year and point in time. This time of year being post festive season and holidays. When you have hopefully de-stressed from the past year’s hard slog and have a clear mind and before you get sucked into the abyss of doing. And this point in time, with AI in your face and maybe even your competition.

We venerate doing. Getting things done has become a cliché for productivity. Moving fast and breaking things has come to represent the culture of our time.

Yesterday is the timeline of our to do list and the tick has replaced the task, with deadlines compressing and perpetuating the box ticking exercises.

Mindfulness succumbs to metrics and numbers. We lose the sense in our sense making, we have no time.

No heart and soul in our being, only the tyranny of our doing.

AI is looming, like an always on, tireless companion, urging you on or at worst, competing.

Use it, don’t be lost to it. It’s a tool but you are in charge.

Breathe. Listen to your mind and body.

Be aware of your mental and physical limits and stop before you breach them.

Be aware of and in tune with your passions and how they fuel your creativity and innovation.

Be conscious of what you are doing and what you are actually producing – not just an output but an outcome that has meaning.

Be focused on the less not the more. What is the minimum viable product of each piece of work, that will often do.

Have a great start to 2025 and I hope it becomes an amazing year for you.