I love history, and I love living in London. One of the reasons I love living in London is that it's so full of history. I get a kick out of the thought that some of the same streets that we walk today in Ugg Boots and Converse trainers were...

After a busy day, are you leaving the office tired and satisfied? Or just tired?

You've spent the day in nearly constant activity.

And you may have been procrastinating the whole time.

"Huh?" you say, "I can't have been procrastinating. I've been really busy."

Here's the thing:...

I've been sailing and loving it since I was about 10. There's magic in a sailboat. When you've left last night's port, the wind hits the sails, and the boat gently leans into the breeze as it picks up speed, it's easy to have the sense that all is right...

You welcomed your smartphone into your life for its life-altering potential. But has it become a Trojan horse, something initially welcome but troublesome in retrospect? Your smartphone won't be unleashing Greek soldiers while you sleep, of course. But maybe it's become a tool for procrastination and distraction.

So how...

I think you would be hard pressed to find someone who would argue that their brain was unimportant (and if they did, you would wonder how well it was functioning anyway). Yet on our travels we find that many people misuse their brains. They expect it to perform well in...