Writing: essays and book notes
Ideas from building companies, reading widely and trying to understand what makes people and communities work.
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30 ways Wales and the Welsh helped shape America
Matthew Rhys’s USA 250th anniversary video, and 30 points from Vivienne Sanders’ book on the Welsh contribution to America.
Essays
Annual Review 2022
A candid review of 2022 covering business, family, health, mistakes, progress and the priorities I carried into the next year.
Freedom and Wealth for Wales: The Future 70% of Welsh People Want
An argument that the future of Wales depends on economic ambition as well as politics, with ideas for building a wealthier, more confident country.
Annual Review 2020
A candid review of 2020: building Turtle Method, family, health, lessons learned and the questions shaping the year ahead.
38 Life Lessons from Cobra Kai
Thirty-eight lessons from Cobra Kai about discipline, identity, courage, friendship, leadership and choosing what kind of person to become.
34 Life Lessons From Napoleon Bonaparte
Thirty-four lessons from Napoleon Bonaparte on preparation, speed, leadership, ambition, communication and the cost of overreach.
Simplicity & Timing Are The Superpowers You Need
Why simplicity and timing beat needless complexity, with lessons from military history, business, products and everyday decision-making.
The astonishingly simple reason entrepreneurs fail, and miss out on building an anti-fragile business
Why founders should learn to operate independently before building a team, and how a solopreneur mindset creates a more resilient business.
Book notes
Scott's notes and favourite passages from books he has read.
Wales
30 ways Wales and the Welsh helped shape America
Matthew Rhys’s USA 250th anniversary video, and 30 points from Vivienne Sanders’ book on the Welsh contribution to America.
What the Welsh indy movement could learn from the most revolutionary Welshman you’ve never heard of
The story of Welsh philosopher Richard Price and what his international influence can teach modern Wales about ideas, liberty and ambition.
