32 lessons from this year's Do Lectures
- do less, but better
- consciously choose everything you do
- follow your curiosity, talk to more people, try things, tell your story
- set small experiments with low expectations
- always look to the edges for inspiration and a glimpse of future
- our work and values may not change but our response to changing context should
- draw more
- see things as they are, but strive for the future you want
- long-term thinking and relationships still matter
- create considered content, not just more noise
- look for where your personal voice and commercial opportunity meet
- your work exists in a continuum, building on the work of others, and will exist after you’ve gone...what legacy do you want to leave?
- what is the “from…to…” you want to create?
- what is most interesting to you? Follow that
- the "doorstep mile” is the hardest
- build adventure into everyday, whatever that means to you
- ask how can you put others in a position to succeed wildly
- remember that nobody knows what they’re doing! We’re all making it up as we go along
- take a long-term view of the change you want to make - how would that change the way you do things?
- what does the world need now that you are uniquely able to deliver?
- find and celebrate the soul or essence of every organisation
- “to know is to be in a prison, to not know is to be free”
- we must have the gumption and guts to do what we know is right
- beauty and fun is often in the little things
- what we nurture will grow
- space and environment matters more than we realise
- doing things the hard way can be more rewarding
- spend time with your tribe
- control what you let into your body and mind - our physical and emotional wellbeing is an expression of being in balance
- don’t settle - challenge, change, experiment
- ask what we can do to serve those closest to you
- keep things simple, always fight complexity