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Category: Whyism
What is FAFO?What is FAFO?
FAFO isn’t content. It’s conversation. Live. FAFO is two things – Live streams from real events: sports, music, culture and technology, from wherever and whenever the atmosphere is doing its thing.
FAFO: Le Tour Daily – Tour de France 2026FAFO: Le Tour Daily – Tour de France 2026
Daily coverage of the Tour de France, combining Copilot-powered forecasting and analysis with expert voices from inside cycling to explore performance, strategy, culture and the business of the sport. 2026
Everything… everything you do in the course of your life… Why do you do it?Everything… everything you do in the course of your life… Why do you do it?
I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
Everything you do, do it for a reason – The Philosophy of: Miyamoto Musashi [pt.1]Everything you do, do it for a reason – The Philosophy of: Miyamoto Musashi [pt.1]
Do Nothing, which is of no use. – Miyamoto Musashi Scrolling through your Instagram news feed for 35 minutes ‘just because, you know’, or just opening Snapchat for a couple minutes because
The philosophy of Snufkin pt.3 [Snufkin and Socrates on knowing yourself]The philosophy of Snufkin pt.3 [Snufkin and Socrates on knowing yourself]
In a lot of ways, Snufkin is my hero. Because of this, this and also this. And there’s similarities between Snufkin and another raggedy-clothed fellow who roamed around doing his own
Why you do it: Handwriting and sending letters overseas like it’s 1997Why you do it: Handwriting and sending letters overseas like it’s 1997
Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living. And as is one without purpose. A purpose for everything we do. When’s the last time you handwrote a letter and
Did Marcus Aurelius steal my idea (1800-1900 years ago)?Did Marcus Aurelius steal my idea (1800-1900 years ago)?
This is what my site’s about: And this is what Marcus wrote in Meditations (10:37): At every action, no matter by whom performed, make it a practice to ask yourself, ‘What is
That goal or thing or milestone… do you want it, or do you WANT TO WANT it?That goal or thing or milestone… do you want it, or do you WANT TO WANT it?
Last week, I had this conversation with one of English students, who needs to rapidly improve his English to pass an upcoming exam: Student: ‘My brother is an English teacher
Actually actuallyActually actually
If you searched this site for any word, I would’ve thought that you’d get the most hits for ‘Seneca‘ or ‘Bill & Ted‘ or ‘Snufkin‘, but if you search the word
On Challenging YourselfOn Challenging Yourself
If someone responds to the question, ‘Why do you want to do that?’ with: ‘To challenge myself’, what does that actually mean? One of my mentors a student to task over
The three questions that changed my life and could change yoursThe three questions that changed my life and could change yours
Understanding yourself, life and what truly matters isn’t about getting answers –it’s about asking questions. And knowing exactly which ones to ask yourself. One of my mentors introduced me to
ACTUALLY… if you’ve set yourself a challenge, THIS is the difference between you and anyone else who ever did the sameACTUALLY… if you’ve set yourself a challenge, THIS is the difference between you and anyone else who ever did the same
Yesterday I wrote that this is the difference between you and anyone else who set out to do anything tough, challenging, gruelling or seemingly impossible. But you know what, F