Connection is not only found in intimacy, but in the wider human bonds we often notice only when they begin to disappear.

Most of life is lived by default. Very little of it is lived deliberately.

Most conversations aren’t conversations at all. They’re negotiations in disguise.

On my 49th birthday, 49 things I've learned (so far).

Redemption begins when we earn our way back through the choices that restore our faith in ourselves.

Our beliefs about ability can define us, and limit us. We need to loosen the jacket of certainty about ourselves, allowing room to become.

The Olympics continue to move us because they give us intimate portrayals of struggle we can celebrate. Even if they’re strangers.

Reinvention doesn’t have to look impressive or even successful to matter. Sometimes the meaning is found in the work itself.

We survive by making predictions, but we live better when we remain humble enough to remember how often they fail.

Some lives refuse to be boxed in or neatly categorised. That is where their power comes from.

Mastery is not one kind of discipline, but takes the full shape of the person, the craft, and the demands of the work.

A culture that gives young people less freedom and more comparison teaches them to mistake achievement for worth.

Building something great is hard enough. Staying great when the world inevitably changes is another race entirely.