How to be known Are you a hider who doesn’t like to stand out? Are you someone that habitually becomes as inconspicuous as possible? If so, I have a question for you. Are you happy? If you are genuinely happy while making the deliberate choice not to be noticed in your everyday life,
Why do we work? The debate around why we work usually centers around either working to earn so we can meet our needs or working on something we’re passionate about. As a common example, a person could either pursue their artistic dreams with the readiness to face challenges while building a financially rewarding
Destiny is found in its journey. In 1952, Queen Elizabeth II’s reign began after the untimely passing of her father. Her own heir was only three years old at the time her father died. She went on to have a long and historic reign through many decades of national and global change till
Comparison is a double-edged sword. Comparison can be a great thing when seeking out inspirational life stories for personal motivation. It might not be so great when used as a measure of your own progress. Athletes break records through discipline, dedication, and ability. They probably also break records by being conscious of records
Kindness is hard. There. That’s the post. After living through a pandemic, ongoing nation-state conflicts, political turmoil, media manipulation (including social media), and an epidemic of obsession with self, it would be easy to become cynical and retreat to a bubble of being good and kind only to your direct contacts. But there
When does public opinion become too much? Coming from backgrounds and lifestyles that would not make them strangers to criticism, Meghan and Harry are currently in the spotlight over their ‘battle’ to determine the frequency and manner of their public announcements and media exposure. They are a couple seeking to protect their family
Can stress be a good thing? Moderate amounts of stress are a natural outcome of pushing oneself to achieve things that matter. Staying productive under short-term stress is usually not a problem. Staying productive under long-term stress can quickly become a problem. To be clear, it is unhealthy to be under prolonged pressure
Love finds a way. Even in lockdown. 2020 viral video clips of creative, social distanced dating made it clear that unless there was a quick vaccination turn-around, Valentine’s Day 2021 was not going to be of the usual sort. Like most major crises, the pandemic has taught us to consider what really matters.
How to converse well even when stressed. Fuelled by fears and misinformation around COVID-19, polarising opinions and world views found the perfect storm to rock the foundations of personal relationships, as well as small-and-large-scale-associations. Stories and conspiracy theories once believed too farfetched, sought, and found a footing in mainstream conversations. As we navigate
Bring your best everyday. Here are 5 ways to bring your best to work and other social interactions everyday: SLEEP WELL: It’s highly unlikely this is the first blog post you have read extolling the virtues of sleep. While many business leaders boast about how few hours they sleep, its deprivation can cut
Why doing your best matters. There is a myriad of reasons for choosing to do your best each day. Read on for five of these reasons and a bonus, overarching principle. You do not exist in isolation. Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner or employee; your work matters to someone or something.
Keys to regret-free living for dreamers. Tales of wit over brawn, or wit over agility such as the ones featuring the tortoise and the elephant or fox, or the elephant and hare, illustrate that the greatest of odds can be overcome with some meaningful thought. Odds are, you have a dream. Something in
Getting boundaries right. All relationships require definition – something that reminds those involved why they’re with or around each other. Many relationships become confused or upended after making discoveries about others that would have been just fine in the right context; or after giving up too much, too soon in the name
Today I Choose Today I choose love, because I know we're all imperfectly perfect. I choose kindness because I want the same in return. I choose peace because there would be too much to worry about. Today I choose patience, knowing that nothing that bothers me is here to stay. I choose joy
What to do when it doesn't work out. Year ends and New Years are often marked by a rush to end old relationships and start new ones. Of course, some relationships are best ended or redirected but there may be that fraction of prematurely ended relationships that could have led to lifelong love
How to receive help. We thrive best when we are in fulfilling relationships. While our completeness cannot be found in people, we often need people ('helpers') who help us get to our place of fulfilment. Care must therefore be taken in each of our relationships not to 'kill' (figuratively speaking of course!) these helpers. Here are
Why faithfulness (still) matters. Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful), the motto of the US Marine Corps resonates with their expectation of soldiers not only seeing missions through to the end, but of standing with one another through thick and thin. There is no harm in seeing marriage as a mission to accomplish where
Harassment is never okay. I was on a tram a few days ago when two men came on board at a stop. They had a dog with them, beer cans in hand and a carton of more beer in tow. They seemed out to 'enjoy' themselves with one of them boasting of 'drowning'
Who's riding with you? How often, and to what degree do our actions and inactions affect the people seated in the ‘bus’ of our lives, especially those we are in direct relationship with? What got me thinking of this is an experience I had where one man, through his own choices got a
Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark,
Using 'me time' for inner wholeness. Social networks and online friendships are here to stay. With high volume 'friend' counts becoming an ego boost, aloneness can easily be rejected as a form of social suicide. With many people dealing with issues of loneliness, positive companionship is rightly to be encouraged. Aloneness therefore is
