Welcome to the article archive. Here's everything I've written here on the site [almost]. Articles over the years have covered an array of topics, but more recently are related to the psychology of performance and creative expertise. Articles are grouped under these categories.
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- 08/06/25 - The Ceramic Vs The Organic Worldview
- 01/06/25 - Those Who Can't Do, Teach
- 17/05/25 - Bandura on Selective Moral Disengagement
- 11/05/25 - Sunday Letters: Welcome Back
- 14/12/23 - Wellington Street
- 03/12/23 - The Problem With Society
- 14/11/23 - Cursed With A Brain
- 27/04/23 - Like A Church
- 26/04/23 - Less Is More?
- 25/04/23 - Get To Work
- 13/04/23 - The Coffee Man
- 10/04/23 - The Machine
- 09/04/23 - Is Work Good For Us?
- 07/04/23 - Data vs Feelings
- 06/04/23 - Becoming Magnolia
- 29/03/23 - Does Anyone Really Love Anyone Else?
- 20/03/23 - A Metaphor For Life & Work
- 09/03/23 - The Pint
- 26/02/23 - A Monday to Friday Sort of Dying
- 29/01/23 - What It Takes To Survive
- 16/01/23 - Gimme Full Fat
- 08/01/23 - One Day Soon, You Won't Be Here
- 02/01/23 - Another Year Over, So What Now?
- 09/12/22 - Icy Morning
- 08/12/22 - Sunday Letters Gift Ideas
- 04/12/22 - Never Enough Time
- 20/11/22 - A US Air Force Pilot on The Meaning of Work
- 10/10/22 - Reality
- 30/09/22 - It's Autumn, Thank God
- 20/09/22 - Sunday Letters Merchandise
- 13/09/22 - What do you think?
- 12/09/22 - Introduction To Peak Human Performance
- 07/09/22 - [Bonus] Beyond An Economy of Work & Spend
- 06/09/22 - On The Merit of Doing Nothing
- 31/08/22 - Bukowski on Work
- 29/08/22 - You Abstract Working Mule of A Human
- 25/08/22 - The Magic of Donald Thomas
- 21/08/22 - Talent: You Either Have It Or You Don't
- 18/08/22 - What work do you do?
- 28/11/21 - How To Be An Optimist
- 21/11/21 - Bertrand Russell: Happiness & Unhappiness
- 31/10/21 - Oíche Shamhna
- 24/10/21 - Longtermism: Something You Should Know About
- 03/10/21 - How To Turn Off A Humming Fridge
- 21/02/21 - Cyclical Time
- 05/11/20 - Business or Vocation?
- 13/10/20 - More Time For What?
- 01/10/20 - On Mortality
- 28/09/20 - The Fool
- 27/09/20 - The Pursuit of Happiness Part 1
- 20/09/20 - Have We Mistaken A Shiny Penny For The Sun?
- 11/09/20 - How To Be Resilient
- 09/09/20 - Bide Your Time
- 06/09/20 - On Becoming The Performatist
- 04/09/20 - On The Edge of The World
- 27/08/20 - The More Real
- 24/08/20 - Too Much of A Good Thing
- 09/08/20 - Taking Score Too Soon
- 26/07/20 - On The Merits of Introversion
- 12/07/20 - On The Slavery of Work
- 07/06/20 - Building Resilience In Turbulent Times
- 01/06/20 - The Hidden Benefit In Boring
- 29/05/20 - Momentum: Help Or Hindrance?
- 21/05/20 - What Is Randomness?
- 17/05/20 - A Word On Performance
- 12/05/20 - Work For Yourself
- 10/05/20 - The 7 Properties of Play
- 08/05/20 - It's Not Such A Big Deal
- 07/05/20 - When Sitting With A Problem…
- 05/05/20 - The Sword Upon Which You'll Fall
- 04/05/20 - There Is No Point In Work, Unless…
- 29/04/20 - Move Closer To The Centre
- 27/04/20 - Try Many Things
- 26/04/20 - Is It Any of My Business?
- 24/04/20 - Build A New Skill
- 23/04/20 - A Return to Craft Based Work
- 22/04/20 - All of A Sudden You're There
- 16/04/20 - Chomsky on Controlling Your Own Work
- 15/04/20 - How Quiet It Has Become
- 13/04/20 - Enjoying Work For Its Own Sake
- 12/04/20 - The Anti-Business Model
- 10/04/20 - The Making of Machines
- 09/04/20 - A Time To Fight
- 08/04/20 - To Be A Mule
- 07/04/20 - The Pursuit of The Eternally Elusive
- 05/04/20 - What's The Future of Work?
- 03/04/20 - There Are No Shortcuts
- 02/04/20 - A Monday to Friday Sort of Dying
- 01/04/20 - The Arrogance of Fools
- 31/03/20 - Knuckle Down
- 30/03/20 - Leave The Door Open…
- 27/03/20 - The Value In Doing Nothing
- 26/03/20 - It Gets Better
- 18/03/20 - Things You Can Do In A Crisis
- 14/03/20 - How To Create A Genius
- 12/03/20 - How Do You Really Feel About Work?
- 19/10/19 - Darkness Descends
- 08/09/19 - The Courage To Go Where There Is No One
- 14/07/19 - Maslow's 16 Aspects of Peak Experience
- 04/07/19 - The Illusion of Free Will
- 23/06/19 - Why Do We Work Jobs We Hate?
- 02/06/19 - What's The Meaning Of Life?
- 19/05/19 - How To Make Rational Decisions
- 03/02/19 - Going Narrow And Deep
- 30/01/19 - Creativity Happens When…
- 13/01/19 - Letting It Happen
- 07/01/19 - Too Much Data
- 24/12/18 - Creative Isolation
- 07/10/18 - What Is An Artist?
- 30/09/18 - How To Create Order From Chaos
- 23/09/18 - The Creative Self: Who Is Doing The Making?
- 16/09/18 - The Paradox of Work
- 02/09/18 - Time To Quit
- 12/08/18 - Does It Make You Happy?
- 30/07/18 - Eddie Doherty, Handweaver
- 15/07/18 - What To Do When Creative Ideas Overwhelm
- 24/06/18 - State of Flow & Expert Performance
- 17/06/18 - The Timeless Creative Mind
- 20/05/18 - The Power Of Deliberate Practice
- 15/04/18 - Spontaneous Laughter
- 08/04/18 - Finding Time For Self In The Elaborate Game
- 25/03/18 - In Defense Of The Unambitious
- 18/03/18 - Effects Of Stress On Creativity
- 04/03/18 - Are You Doing It For The Money?
- 24/02/18 - The New Religion & The Righteous Menace
- 20/02/18 - Reversing The Momentum
- 18/02/18 - The Merit In Playing The Long Game
- 16/02/18 - Why The Butcher Shop Closed
- 14/02/18 - The Inadequacy Of The Words
- 12/02/18 - Exchanging Art For Cash
- 11/02/18 - The Wisdom Of A Practical Man
- 10/02/18 - Creatures Of Habit
- 08/02/18 - Is It Worth The Sacrifice?
- 07/02/18 - My Biggest Challenge
- 07/01/18 - Imelda May Portrait: An Inside Look
- 24/12/17 - Sunday Letters Christmas Eve
- 03/12/17 - Have You Ever Failed?
- 01/12/17 - There Is No Time
- 01/05/17 - Does Time Exist?