November 28th, 2008
I’ve got a confession, the first week or so after my recent operation to plate my broken collar bone with my mind clouded by a lack of sleep mixed with the cycle of pain and grogginess due to the pain killers - I started to get into day-time T.V. documentaries.
One of my favourites was Ray Mears “Bushcraft” (Ray Mears is a British survival expert who tours the world learning the bush skills of native peoples).
In one particular episode he was teaching a bunch of people “friction bow” fire lighting. What I found fascinating was when he said that after watching for only a few minutes he could tell who was going to succeed and who wasn’t.
What would his observations predict about your life?
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November 20th, 2008
The fallout from the recent credit crunch seems to be at the root of the increase in people losing their jobs over the last few weeks and this is really got me thinking about the effect on your life of losing your job or even simply living under the threat of losing it.
There is no doubt that this is a really scary prospect for many people, the thought of unemployment and any resulting financial or social hardship is keeping many people awake at night worrying about what they will have to do.
Are you worrying about your job? Read the rest of this entry »
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November 14th, 2008
There is no doubt we live in culture of rapid change, technological and medical breakthroughs seem to happen every few weeks.
Advertisers know that on average people’s attention span is shrinking and they are tailoring their advertisements to suit. They know they that you want instant quick fixes to the problems you face in your life.
So that’s what they’re promising…
… and that’s what most people are buying!
Their messages appear plausible for a least two reasons: Read the rest of this entry »
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November 3rd, 2008
The great Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote this line in about 1785 describing the quandary that no matter how carefully one plans things they often can and will go wrong.
I had a very painful reminder of this a few weeks ago Read the rest of this entry »
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