This principle is an essential foundation of exploratory writing because when your thoughts are going round in pointless circles, you can hijack your own brain simply by writing a good question as the prompt for an exploratory writing session.

Adaptability One characteristic of all expeditions since the dawn of time is that none have gone exactly to plan. It’s hardly surprising: almost by definition there can be no firm plan when the territory ahead is unknown. So while explorers prepare as rigorously as possible, they also have to accept that at some point something unforeseen will happ

You may be familiar with inquiry as a tool for self-development in your professional life if you’ve worked with a coach: a good coach is less about providing answers and much more about asking great questions to help you understand an issue better and create your own solutions.

What would I say to a friend here?

We are what psychologists term ‘a society of selves’:

How can I move the needle just 1% today?

What’s my biggest advantage here? (Follow up: And am I making full use of it?)

Agency = capacity for making things happen, for impacting the world. Intention = deliberately choosing what, out of the million different things you COULD make happen today, or in your lifetime, you are going to attempt. Attention = focusing your mind and energy on your chosen priority in a consistent and persistent way in order to make those inten

And since (as hockey star Wayne Gretzky famously pointed out) you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,