Dan Bartlett
@dan-bartlett.bsky.social
Meditation, wisdom & full-contact living 🥊
I'm a coach, writer, 2x tech founder & TRE bodyworker.
I publish every day and summarise every Wednesday at nobt.co.uk
I'm a coach, writer, 2x tech founder & TRE bodyworker.
I publish every day and summarise every Wednesday at nobt.co.uk
The feedback I get most from facilitating TRE sessions is that a little space makes a big difference.
July 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The feedback I get most from facilitating TRE sessions is that a little space makes a big difference.
Today, I'm launching the new face of my coaching practice ✨
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today, I'm launching the new face of my coaching practice ✨
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
A bundle of reflections from the tail-end of my last silent retreat.
June 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A bundle of reflections from the tail-end of my last silent retreat.
I've been toying a lot, on and off retreat, with interrupting (not suppressing) narratives.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I've been toying a lot, on and off retreat, with interrupting (not suppressing) narratives.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
“Blessing, infinite in its modes and colours, often seems to me to be the very nature of all things, of all existence.”
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
June 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Blessing, infinite in its modes and colours, often seems to me to be the very nature of all things, of all existence.”
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
It's interesting how easy it is to be a real dick to yourself in the name of acceptance. Now that I facilitate TRE with other meditators, I've started seeing this pattern repeat.
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's interesting how easy it is to be a real dick to yourself in the name of acceptance. Now that I facilitate TRE with other meditators, I've started seeing this pattern repeat.
Stress is another form of narrowing, and curiosity is a way of reversing it.
May 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Stress is another form of narrowing, and curiosity is a way of reversing it.
You don't always need to debate a belief or "see through" it. You can, instead, expand your view so that it occupies less real estate in your experience. This feels inherently good once you get the knack of it.
May 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
You don't always need to debate a belief or "see through" it. You can, instead, expand your view so that it occupies less real estate in your experience. This feels inherently good once you get the knack of it.
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Darrell from the Purpose People podcast to talk about my journey into Tech, the mess behind the success of running a high-growth startup and how I ended up coaching.
April 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Darrell from the Purpose People podcast to talk about my journey into Tech, the mess behind the success of running a high-growth startup and how I ended up coaching.
A conversation on AI that:
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
April 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A conversation on AI that:
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
News flash: the world needs you to consume less news.
April 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
News flash: the world needs you to consume less news.
I’ve always appreciated the spontaneous answers that pop out when people ask me questions. It leads to responses that it’s hard to manufacture on your own.
But it was rare. You’d have to wait for an interview, some client work or a thoughtful friend to show up.
But it was rare. You’d have to wait for an interview, some client work or a thoughtful friend to show up.
April 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’ve always appreciated the spontaneous answers that pop out when people ask me questions. It leads to responses that it’s hard to manufacture on your own.
But it was rare. You’d have to wait for an interview, some client work or a thoughtful friend to show up.
But it was rare. You’d have to wait for an interview, some client work or a thoughtful friend to show up.
Undistractability is a superpower.
It’s becoming increasingly rare for people to have the attentional resilience to
1) tend their somatic and emotional foundations and
2) engage in deep, single-pointed work around their passions.
Blocking things out is what getting ahead looks like.
It’s becoming increasingly rare for people to have the attentional resilience to
1) tend their somatic and emotional foundations and
2) engage in deep, single-pointed work around their passions.
Blocking things out is what getting ahead looks like.
April 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Undistractability is a superpower.
It’s becoming increasingly rare for people to have the attentional resilience to
1) tend their somatic and emotional foundations and
2) engage in deep, single-pointed work around their passions.
Blocking things out is what getting ahead looks like.
It’s becoming increasingly rare for people to have the attentional resilience to
1) tend their somatic and emotional foundations and
2) engage in deep, single-pointed work around their passions.
Blocking things out is what getting ahead looks like.
How do you know if you've had a productive day? I just look down.
I work in short, intentional, high-focus blocks and count them as I go.
Yesterday was an 11-blocker—I got a lot done.
I got this way of working from David Cain, of Raptitude fame:
www.raptitude.com/2021/11/how-...
I work in short, intentional, high-focus blocks and count them as I go.
Yesterday was an 11-blocker—I got a lot done.
I got this way of working from David Cain, of Raptitude fame:
www.raptitude.com/2021/11/how-...
April 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How do you know if you've had a productive day? I just look down.
I work in short, intentional, high-focus blocks and count them as I go.
Yesterday was an 11-blocker—I got a lot done.
I got this way of working from David Cain, of Raptitude fame:
www.raptitude.com/2021/11/how-...
I work in short, intentional, high-focus blocks and count them as I go.
Yesterday was an 11-blocker—I got a lot done.
I got this way of working from David Cain, of Raptitude fame:
www.raptitude.com/2021/11/how-...
Runners keep 80% of their runs easy and 20% high intensity.
They avoid the in-between, grey zone because its low return, high fatigue.
I’m applying this to my writings: 80% of what I publish are low-friction, daily reflections.
They avoid the in-between, grey zone because its low return, high fatigue.
I’m applying this to my writings: 80% of what I publish are low-friction, daily reflections.
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Runners keep 80% of their runs easy and 20% high intensity.
They avoid the in-between, grey zone because its low return, high fatigue.
I’m applying this to my writings: 80% of what I publish are low-friction, daily reflections.
They avoid the in-between, grey zone because its low return, high fatigue.
I’m applying this to my writings: 80% of what I publish are low-friction, daily reflections.
If you're in #Bristol, I'll be talking at HUM4NS Unplugged on Apr 24. I'm excited to dive into the highs, lows—and everything in between—of founding a company.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hum4ns-unp...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hum4ns-unp...
April 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If you're in #Bristol, I'll be talking at HUM4NS Unplugged on Apr 24. I'm excited to dive into the highs, lows—and everything in between—of founding a company.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hum4ns-unp...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hum4ns-unp...
Following your sense of salience is how you build a philosophy from the bottom up. It stays open and panoramic in the short-term to create something bold and holistic in the long-term.
Today's musing: danbartlett.co.uk/why-whats-in...
Today's musing: danbartlett.co.uk/why-whats-in...
April 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Following your sense of salience is how you build a philosophy from the bottom up. It stays open and panoramic in the short-term to create something bold and holistic in the long-term.
Today's musing: danbartlett.co.uk/why-whats-in...
Today's musing: danbartlett.co.uk/why-whats-in...
“We are designed to encounter this life with amazement and wonder, not resignation and endurance... The dream of full-throated living, woven into our very being, has often been forgotten and neglected, replaced by a societal fiction of productivity and material gain.”
- Francis Weller
- Francis Weller
April 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“We are designed to encounter this life with amazement and wonder, not resignation and endurance... The dream of full-throated living, woven into our very being, has often been forgotten and neglected, replaced by a societal fiction of productivity and material gain.”
- Francis Weller
- Francis Weller
Yesterday I started a new challenge: publishing something every day, for 90 days.
After reading a book on grief, I realised how many of my interests I still keep quiet about.
New routine: wake up, write, share. Every day.
Here’s Day 1!
danbartlett.co.uk/im-publishin...
#writing #blogging
After reading a book on grief, I realised how many of my interests I still keep quiet about.
New routine: wake up, write, share. Every day.
Here’s Day 1!
danbartlett.co.uk/im-publishin...
#writing #blogging
April 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Yesterday I started a new challenge: publishing something every day, for 90 days.
After reading a book on grief, I realised how many of my interests I still keep quiet about.
New routine: wake up, write, share. Every day.
Here’s Day 1!
danbartlett.co.uk/im-publishin...
#writing #blogging
After reading a book on grief, I realised how many of my interests I still keep quiet about.
New routine: wake up, write, share. Every day.
Here’s Day 1!
danbartlett.co.uk/im-publishin...
#writing #blogging