There’s a difference between being stuck and staying stuck.
Finding yourself stuck is a normal but temporary feeling of [...]
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12, 2022
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08, 2021
The Most Broken Commandment
Everyone knows of the Ten Commandments, so even atheists can [...]
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05, 2021
Death Sentencing: the expedient non-solution
(First published in the Trinidad Express on 25 jan 2012) [...]
1
09, 2017
Recognising your addictions
A good friend sent me a link to a 90-minute video on becoming super productive that essentially boils down to this: focus only on the things that matter and stop doing the million other things that don’t. That’s not rocket science thankfully, it’s just separating what matters from what doesn’t, and the speaker, Darren Hardy, talks about the things that to him don’t matter—like playing golf,
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08, 2017
Crucifixion or no crucifixion?
In a scene from Monty Python's “The Life of Brian", [...]
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08, 2017
The true stories we tell that aren’t
We'd like to think that what makes a story live on is its truth; that some fantastical, magical, unbelievable, hilarious, absurd, disgusting, beautiful, awesome narrative actually happened. This is why film-makers are keen to attach “Based on true events” at the start of a film. But how do we know that any story we hear and retell is actually true?
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07, 2017
The one thing to manage when the going gets tough
Throughout history, people have overcome incredible hardship and prevailed against [...]
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06, 2017
Forgiveness lessons from a dog
The other day I was getting ready to take my [...]
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06, 2017
Preparing for battle
About four minutes into Gladiator—my favorite Russel Crowe movie—the Roman [...]
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06, 2017
How a calculator can help you solve for stress and low productivity
How often do you apologize for being pre-occupied, reacting inappropriately, [...]
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05, 2017
Do you give confronting feedback?
Recently my girlfriend gave me feedback on my writing, and [...]
19
05, 2017
The investment stock metaphor for your integrity
An investment stock is a great metaphor for your integrity—one [...]
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05, 2017
Do you care who you disrespect?
Everyone is disrespectful. Some more than others. Most are unintentionally [...]
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04, 2017
Another step to a self-service future
Automation, artificial intelligence and robots are in the news a [...]
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04, 2017
A better alternative to facts
Fact-checking is hard work. It's a lot easier to pass [...]
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04, 2017
Trust but verify
Most people spread lies unintentionally. They often parrot other people's [...]
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04, 2017
Stop chasing productivity
Most of us chase productivity like a crack addict after [...]
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03, 2017
Why giving 100% is a faulty ideal
Saying workers are not fully engaged at work may be [...]
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02, 2017
The problem with chasing productivity
Most of us chase productivity like a crack addict after [...]
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02, 2017
Are you enough?
In James Arthur's “Say you won’t let go” he sings [...]
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02, 2017
Ignoring that little orange light
Most of us resist change, not by any conscious decision, [...]
1
02, 2017
What Trump’s Muslim ban is really about
The idea that America allows people into the United States [...]
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12, 2016
The lie about lies
We are indoctrinated into thinking lies, all lies are bad, and creates an unnecessary internal conflict, because lie-telling plays an important role in creativity, and compassion
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12, 2016
All protocols
There’s a common local practice of beginning a formal speech [...]
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11, 2016
The scientific consensus, and why it won’t change anyone’s mind
No doubt you have strong views on something; say genetically [...]
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11, 2016
Fool me … Shame on who?
There’s a famous quote that goes, Fool me once, shame [...]
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11, 2016
My scientists smarter than yours
Not two weeks ago, I was floating with some friends [...]
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11, 2016
The half-life of a grievance
Every now and then, an old grievance comes to mind. [...]
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07, 2016
Take care who is feeding your bad wolf
Every day we're in a battle for our attention; a [...]
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06, 2016
What if I don’t want to do anything big with my life?
Why don't more of us take on the tough questions [...]
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06, 2016
What kind of person are you?
When directed at yourself, this is perhaps the most profound [...]
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06, 2016
The moon-shot speech of our time
For sheer audacity, nothing beats Kennedy's speech to “...land a [...]
27
05, 2016
What is the “I have a dream” speech of today?
What is the inspiring, galvanizing speech of our time? What [...]
20
05, 2016
The problem with “Back in the day” thinking
Boy do we love the good old days. When life [...]
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05, 2016
Trump’s success formula and what we can emulate
We all know the risk of being insensitive, rude and [...]
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05, 2016
Admitting mistakes
We live with a curious irony: everyone makes mistakes, but [...]
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04, 2016
What you’ll almost always regret
There is no pill to stop you from doing or [...]
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04, 2016
Dispelling regret
The biggest problem with regret is that it keeps your [...]
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04, 2016
Regret is like dogshit
Most of us wrestle with regret from time to time [...]
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03, 2016
Why it’s so hard to improve work engagement
Work engagement numbers haven't changed much since 2011. Gallup's State [...]
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03, 2016
Awakening from indoctrination
No one likes to think of themselves as indoctrinated, but [...]
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03, 2016
Faith 101
If you're not a religious person you might think faith has [...]
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02, 2016
Are you a hypocrite?
Let's save some time. Of course you are; at least [...]
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02, 2016
Stay calm and carry on
I've always noticed calm people. Perhaps because most people aren't, [...]
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02, 2016
Thinking now old-fashioned
The truth, we’ve been told, is out there somewhere and [...]
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01, 2016
Why working hard can get you nowhere
We’ve been taught that hard work, not intelligence, is the [...]
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01, 2016
It’s never to late to craft Ambition
Ambition gets no respect. It’s hard to respect something that [...]
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01, 2016
How airports really connect us
It’s easy to believe that we’re surrounded by hate, mistrust, [...]
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01, 2016
Stop taking the bait
Ever kicked yourself for sending an email, or raising your [...]
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01, 2016
2016: year of gratitude
As we think about another year completed it’s easy to [...]