Welcome back! If you enjoy a bit of ‘behind the scenes’ details, I’m sharing what we’ve been up to over the Summer: a brand new website, a bespoke learning platform, sorting out our back-end systems, new team members – its been a fun time.

I share the three key questions I’ve been asking to help guide our approach to shorter and more focused work weeks. 

Plus: if you are looking for some simple ways to get momentum for the new school terms, this episode is a must listen. I’m sharing three tiny ways to begin to change how you approach your day: at home, at work and in your business.

Summer Reading List:

All Families are Psychotic, Douglas Coupland

Assembly, Natasha Brown

Atomic Habits, James Clear

Black Rabbit Hall, Eve Chase

Circus of Wonders, Elizabeth Macneal

Daisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Full Automated Luxury Communism, Aaron Bastani

Great Circle, Maggie Shipstead

Greenwood, Michael Christie

Light Perpetual, Francis Spufford

Luckenbooth, Jenni Fagan

Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid 

Miss Benson’s Beetle, Rachel Joyce

Noone is talking about this, Patricia Lockwood

The House on Fripp Island

The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex

The Lucky Escape, Laura Jane Williams

The Weekend, Charlotte Wood

Threadneedle, Cari Thomas

Podcasts:

Comfort Eating, Grace Dent

Ezra Klien Podcast

Pump up your Pod, Bamby Media

Smartless, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Shaun Hayes

Tell me something true, Laura McKowen

Tele!

Britannia

Never Have I Ever

Nine Perfect Strangers

Mare of Easttown

Ted Lasso

White Lotus

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