Hello All,
Given it’s Good Friday, I’m keeping things a bit quiet week.
Instead of a new essay, I wanted to point you to three pieces from the archive that feel worth revisiting. These are the ones that readers most responded to. If you’ve joined recently, these are a good place to start. If you’ve been here a while, perhaps one of them will land differently today.
Titles
A piece about the trap of status. The more we organise our working lives around titles, prestige and the next badge, the easier it is to lose contact with the work itself and the satisfaction that comes from attention, craft and genuine absorption.
The Speed of Meaning
This essay asks what happens when we stop measuring life only in outputs, milestones and clock time. Drawing on the distinction between Chronos and Kairos, it argues that meaning moves by different physics and that real movement often begins when presence catches up with activity.
A Day in the Life
Using The Beatles as a lens, this piece explores what creative freedom actually looks like in practice. It is about trust, play, shared standards, and the patience to let something half-formed stay alive long enough to become real and move another person.
Normal programming resumes next week.
Wishing you a safe and restful Easter,
Rahul
DBN in Action
A quick note before you go:
I’m running the next Finding Meaning in Work workshop on Saturday 18 April 2026.
Tickets are open now
If you’ve been wanting a proper pause to think clearly about your relationship with work, this is exactly what the afternoon is for. Small room, structured prompts, plenty of space to reflect. Sharing is optional.
When: Saturday 18 April 2026, 11am - 3pm
Where: Sanders Place, Richmond
Lunch: yes
If you’re unsure whether it’s a fit, just reply with a line about where you’re at with work right now and I’ll tell you honestly.
If you’d like to join, you can book below. Use DBN2026 at checkout.
