David M Werdiger

David M Werdiger Wealth of Time | Power of Pause | Family Office Generalist | Best-selling Author | Reformed Candy Crusher

David is an experienced technology entrepreneur, strategic thinker and advisor, philanthropist and not-for-profit innovator, public speaker and author. He has thousands of ideas and is always creating new ways of looking at the ordinary to make it better. His capacity to think quickly through options and synthesise outcomes makes him a powerhouse in any conversation. With a generosity of mind and heart, his eye is always on creating ways to help those in his community.

10/09/2026

Where in your life have you been quietly optimizing for frictionless?

08/09/2026

Artist dates aren't just for artists.

Two hours. No phone. No agenda. Just notice things.
That's where your best ideas actually come from.

Try it this week, then tell me what you noticed.

07/09/2026

You can sell your business for millions and still wake up the next morning feeling like you’ve lost something.

Because you didn’t just sell an asset.

You sold something you built, nurtured, and made part of yourself.

That part of the exit deserves some preparation too.

Madonna, at Coachella this year: "I came to Earth to be a doer not a watcher." The Hollywood ReporterShe was talking abo...
03/09/2026

Madonna, at Coachella this year: "I came to Earth to be a doer not a watcher." The Hollywood Reporter

She was talking about looking out at a sea of phones during her own show and not being able to see a single face.

Recently, attendees were forced to place their phones and electronic devices in Yondr pouches. Afterward, Madonna said she finally appreciated it, because for once nobody was capturing the moment instead of being in it.

Here's what's interesting: this isn't a new idea from her. Beyoncé's told crowds to put the camera down. Adele has called out fans mid-song for filming her. Alicia Keys makes people lock their phones before her shows even start. This is now a pattern among artists who don't need the extra publicity a viral clip could bring them, choosing to give up that reach in exchange for a room full of actual attention.

That trade-off says something bigger than concert etiquette. We've quietly decided that documenting an experience and having one are the same thing. They're not. One happens through a lens, later, to an audience. The other happens now, to you.

So here's a question worth sitting with: what's the last thing you experienced without also filming, posting, or narrating it in your head for later? A concert. A dinner. A sunset. Just being a doer, not a watcher.

Try being fully present for one activity this week. Leave the phone in your pocket. Tell me if you notice anything different.

01/09/2026

The one thing every human being will face is also the thing many of us avoid thinking about.

Mortality is our only certainty, yet it's incredibly difficult to confront because it forces us to face the unknown. In this clip, we explore why fear of death shapes so much of how we think, act, and make decisions across generations.

Sometimes the questions that make us uncomfortable are the ones most worth asking.

31/08/2026

Wealth can remove the possibility of financial failure.

But failure is often where resilience is built.

The goal isn't to hide wealth from the next generation. It's to help them understand what they were given—and find the purpose to make something of it.

An idea has been sitting with me from a piece (see the link in the comments) on why the left can't seem to build a movem...
27/08/2026

An idea has been sitting with me from a piece (see the link in the comments) on why the left can't seem to build a movement with the same cultural pull the hippies had.

The argument: the 60s counterculture wasn't just a set of opinions, it was communes, uniforms, music, a whole way of life people organized their identity around. Today, even committed activists mostly just post. A tweet, a hot take, an "instant" protest. It's efficient. It's also disposable.

Meanwhile the political right has built its own tribes: hats, names, in-jokes, a whole aesthetic people opt into. Not because they're better organized, but because identity-building was never the point of their internet use in the first place. Anti-institution, anti-authority sentiment travels naturally online. Belonging doesn't.

That's the trade-off: the fastest way to voice a belief might be the slowest way to build anything around it. A hot take can go out in ten seconds. A commune, a subculture, a brand people tattoo on themselves, that takes years of unglamorous repetition before it looks like anything.

Trees make the same point. Nobody waters a tree once and gets shade. It's ring by ring, invisible for a long time, until the roots can hold something up.

I think about this constantly outside of politics too:

- The founder who wins Twitter but has no community
- The brand with great engagement and zero identity
- The team that reacts to everything and stands for nothing

So, where have you seen "efficient" communication actually cost the deeper thing you were building? Genuinely curious what this looks like in your industry. Drop it below.

We’d give anything for more time with our families.So why let our devices steal our attention from our most precious rel...
25/08/2026

We’d give anything for more time with our families.

So why let our devices steal our attention from our most precious relationships?

The Family Time Pact is built on a simple belief: time is the one thing we can’t earn back, and the way we spend it shapes our relationships more than we realize.

Protecting shared moments at home is about choosing connection.

If this resonates, start with one small, intentional step and download the Family Time Pact here:

https://ww2.powerofpauseinstitute.com/familytimepact/

24/08/2026

There is a profound difference between inheriting someone else's dream and discovering your own.

A family legacy can be a gift—but it shouldn't come at the cost of your own identity.

Perhaps the greatest inheritance we can give the next generation isn't a business to preserve, but the freedom to become who they're meant to be.

20/08/2026

Next time you're on the street or on public transport, look around. Eyes up, or eyes down?

We ask the same question in family meetings.

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