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I recently wrote about kudos and the effect of receiving "unwarranted" kudos had on me. You can unpack that post so many different ways, entirely up to you. For me, it was why have we become so needy of external validation? Plenty of wise words have been written about feedback, encouragement, social media's use of... Continue Reading →
I have started to ride my bike everywhere and love it. Gets me "to and from" faster and a great way to commute (as long as you look out for cars and pedestrians - more on the latter on another post). I was telling a friend about it and he asked me how long my... Continue Reading →
I've been chatting with a few people about creating and setting up small "business" ventures - what do to, how to do it, why do it, you know the drill. I'm certainly not an expert, except that I have done a few things, some quite successful, some not, many still to be determined. So before... Continue Reading →
I just attended an art/word experiment called Duality. Pair up 25 artists with the anonymous words of 25 writers and watch the creative process take hold. Absolutely loved it. I was particularly struck by one piece, I held the lieDan Kelly Dan Kelly wrote these words and Paul White gave us a haunting and insightful... Continue Reading →
Heard some terrible news yesterday. Another one left us, way too soon, and dare I ask, what the fuck for? I don't understand it. Can't say anything really. Let's remember this: Life has three rules: Paradox, Humour, and Change.- Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out.- Humour: Keep... Continue Reading →
I have been thinking a lot about dreams. You know the ones I mean. The ones that drove us to achieve something. Remember? For example, "my dream is to play professional football" or "my dream is to be a famous architect" or "my dream is to be as famous as Tom Cruise." Now if you... Continue Reading →
Over the last few weeks, I've had a lot of change in my life. What I recently used to do, think and experience has changed. It's different. Not better, not worse, just different. It is hard not to compare today with yesterday. It is in our nature. It is part of our coping mechanism for... Continue Reading →
I recently used the phrase "the game of life" in a conversation with my 14-year old son. "How do you win?" What a question! I was certainly not ready for that. It did get me thinking. Is life really a game? And if so, how do you win this game? Importantly, how do you know... Continue Reading →
This is what Bran The Broken says to Jon Snow in the last episode of the Game of Thrones series. Jon is apologising for not being there when Bran needed him the most. Yes! Of all Game of Thrones trivia, this is perhaps the most insightful, memorable and knowing quote for me. Really!??! Stick with... Continue Reading →
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