I’m not a religious person but the quote, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” has always been a favourite of mine. It’s known as the Golden Rule for good reason, and it encourages reciprocity. It’s an important maxim to keep in mind when interacting with other people on social media. […]
Remember the Titanic, a doomed ship and a tragic love story. The ship undone by a hulking iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean – Jack and Rose, the unwitting victims of the rigid social divide of a 1912 society. Rest in Peace Jack. Nice work on the acting front DiCaprio and Winslet. What a tearjerker […]
The starring role in the book of your life is you……possibly with the same highs and lows as the hero or heroine who struggles against adversity, sometimes winning sometimes not. So what characters are you playing in your life story and do they still fit with who you are now?
Hi everyone Remember the Titanic, a doomed ship and a tragic love story. The ship undone by a hulking iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean – Jack and Rose, the unwitting victims of the rigid social divide of a 1912 society. Rest in Peace Jack. Nice one DiCaprio and Winslet. What a tearjerker movie, an […]
Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean – what lies beneath? The interesting thing about us humans is that we are driven to behave in ways that are not immediately obvious to us – the tricky subconscious mind is responsible for influencing about 90% of our behaviour and accessing that part of the mind is not a […]
Hi everyone In ‘Fleas in a jar’, I wrote about the limits people place on themselves and how this affects their ability to achieve what they want in their lives. These limits might be both real and imagined but can seriously stunt ambition and prevent people achieving their goals. So how do you uncover what […]
Hi everyone ‘Fleas in a jar’ – a well-known experiment carried out by scientists with clearly too much time on their hands! Simply put, it involved collecting some poor fleas in a glass jar and letting them jump about unhindered as all healthy fleas enjoy doing. After a period of time, the scientists put a […]
Hi everyone In the Star Wars movie, The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gonn Jinn says to Anakin: ‘Always remember, your focus determines your reality.’ It’s a slightly corny moment in the movie but the words highlight something that seems to often be true… so well done for the smart writing George Lucas! A person’s focus in certain […]
Hi everyone Personal success – what is it and how do we attain it? There are as many theories about what creates personal success as there are choices about what to eat for lunch today. Living and working in Wellington City, the choices about what to eat are many and varied. Walking through the city, […]
