Kissed For The Very First Time
Ten years ago today, on April 8th, 2011, I met my wife for the first time at a dive bar in Hong Kong called Al’s diner. We immediately hit it off. The evening ended with us dancing to a number of 80’s classics. Despite several jello shots it took me a while to work up … Read more Kissed For The Very First Time
3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that tells you to chase your dreams before taking a nap… Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching or listening … Read more 3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Only Thing The World Needs From You
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman (Source: The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman: A Visionary for Our Time) I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, ‘what do you mean the ONLY … Read more The Only Thing The World Needs From You
Thursday’s Top Tip
“Sleep is the best meditation.” – Dalai Lama Treat the time you wakeup as the central-axis point of your being. The point that keeps everything in balance. The point that sets everything you want to happen in motion. The point from which all order springs. Don’t lie in. Don’t hit snooze. Don’t think about … Read more Thursday’s Top Tip
3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that believes you should become a minimalist by giving it all your stuff… Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching … Read more 3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Why Everything Scares You To Death
The other night, while I was trying to sleep, I started thinking about the post I wrote last week where I stated that hatred is driven – at its core – by a fear of death. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was missing something fundamental. Naturally this started to make me feel a little anxious. … Read more Why Everything Scares You To Death
3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post to plan its own funeral… Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week that has helped … Read more 3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that forces you to consider the purpose of hate… Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this … Read more 3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
How To Make Love To Hate
“We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.” – MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I’ve been thinking about hate recently. Not only because we’ve see so much of it this past year, but because I’ve felt some as well. Truthfully it got to a point preceding the US election where it broke … Read more How To Make Love To Hate
Thursday’s Top Tip
“How much more harmful are the consequences of anger and grief then the circumstances that aroused them in us!” — MARCUS AURELIUS (MEDITATIONS) The simplest, most common sense piece of wisdom that the vast majority of people fuck up on a daily basis is this: Don’t make shit worse than it already is. For example, imagine … Read more Thursday’s Top Tip
3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that doesn’t completely hate itself… Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week that has helped … Read more 3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that didn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day with his wife… Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week … Read more 3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Top 5 Greatest Blogging Tips Of All Time Ever (+ 500 Followers)
Well, ladies and gentleman, here we are! Another massive milestone conquered. Another prestigious accolade to place in the blogging trophy cabinet. (As if it can fit any more, am I right?) That’s 500 whole individual follower people! Or 499 strangers plus my mum! Hi mum! (She’s so proud of me.) What can I say? Humbled … Read more The Top 5 Greatest Blogging Tips Of All Time Ever (+ 500 Followers)
Tuesday’s Top Tip
You know how we’re always doing one thing but thinking about something else? Like ALWAYS. You know how this is an example of mindlessness not mindfulness? Well I have a little hack for you today. And it’s going to sound silly but I swear it works. Here it is: When you’re doing something articulate it. … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Following a 3-2-1 approach (this week), it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 things I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week that has helped me grow.Read more 3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Table(t) Manners
Growing up my dad always made a point about having good table manners. He made sure we never chewed food with our mouths open. That we always sat up straight. That we we set the table properly and cleared away and washed the dishes afterwards. One of the rules was if you didn’t cook, you … Read more Table(t) Manners
12 Personal Commandments For A Happier Life
A long time ago (5 years?) I put together this list – 12 personal commandments for living a happier, healthier and more purposeful life. I found it in one of my old note books and thought I’d share with you all. It was inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project. As she said in her book, … Read more 12 Personal Commandments For A Happier Life
Tuesday’s Top Tip
The most successful people in this world understand the importance of cultivating a growth mindset. They understand failure does not mean they are one, only that they have something to learn. They understand that success is not found in achievement, but from falling in love with the process of self-improvement. They understand that intelligence and … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post to prepare for the best and hope for the worst… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching or listening to … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Tuesday’s Top Tip
For thousands of years we’ve been told we are fallen creatures – outcasts from the garden of Eden. That we are selfish, weak, deeply flawed individuals unworthy of our creator. Taught that our wants and desires are the root cause of all evil. That these are our greatest downfall against which we must make it … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that believes the meaning of life is irrelevant… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week that … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Meaning Of Your Life
A life is infinitesimal in the grand scheme of things. When you zoom the lens out, when you consider the enormity of existence. A life is but a speck in the vastness of time and space. A life is nothing. It matters not a jot. But when you zoom the lens in, past all of … Read more The Meaning Of Your Life
Tuesday’s Top Tip
There are many people who believe that life is meaningless and argue, for that reason, what’s the point? Why bother? I have two responses. The first is why not? If life is meaningless then you have no reason not to put yourself out there. No excuse not to be courageous. If it doesn’t matter then … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that prefers totalitarianism to freedom… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week that have helped … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Hopeless Nature Of Hoping
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.” – Vietnam War. Admiral James Stockdale Do you want to know the one reason you’re not happy right now? It’s because … Read more The Hopeless Nature Of Hoping
Tuesday’s Top Tip
Don’t try to get as much out of life as you possibly can. This kind of thinking fucks you up. Like trying to be the best person you possibly can. Don’t do that either. Why? Because both are impossible goals that you’ll never achieve. Also think about this. When you get up and attack the … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that forces you to make resolutions you can’t possibly meet. Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching or listening to … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Only New Year’s Resolution You’ll Ever Need
“Trying is the first step to failure.” – HOMER SIMPSON I don’t care much for New Year’s Resolutions. The idea of sitting down to make a list of things I must or must not do. Frankly it makes me want to jam a pen in my eye. (Which would, incidentally, be less painful than watching … Read more The Only New Year’s Resolution You’ll Ever Need
24 Invaluable Lessons From 2020
“Learning how to focus and prioritize your thoughts effectively based on finely honed personal values is perhaps the greatest and most important struggle in life.” – Mark Manson. “In a crisis, the inevitable suffering that life entails can rapidly make a mockery of the idea that happiness is the proper pursuit of the individual.” – … Read more 24 Invaluable Lessons From 2020
Sh*t. Just. Got. Personal.
You cancelled weddings. You cancelled birthdays, festivals, celebrations of all kinds. You cancelled good times. And I said, ok. You took away my holidays. You prevented me from seeing my friends. You prevented me from seeing my family. And I said, ok. You forced me to quarantine in hotels rooms. You cost me days of … Read more Sh*t. Just. Got. Personal.
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to my Mindset Mondays Post! The only weekly newsletter to kiss your mommy after filling up your stocking… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should probably ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should definitely read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Captain Hindsight
There’s a character from the popular sitcom South Park called Captain Hindsight. For those who’ve not seen it, Captain Hindsight is a super hero (of sorts) who shows up to the scene of a disaster while it’s taking place. He then “helps” the people in need by making a stirring speech about all the ways everyone should have acted … Read more Captain Hindsight
Tuesday’s Top Tip
Don’t eat yellow snow. No. Nope. Chase your dreams? Naaah. Too trite. Hmmmmm… Forcing it… Maybe don’t? Don’t force it. Here we go. Don’t force life. You shouldn’t have to! There should be, I believe, a certain flow to it. That comes from letting go a little (or a lot). It comes from letting the … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
Why The Earth Isn’t Flat But Global Warming Is A Hoax.
“It’s not the existence of beliefs that is the problem, but what happens to us when we hold them rigidly, without examining them, when we presume the absolutely centrality of our views and become disdainful of others.” – Sharon Salzberg “Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.” – law of propaganda attributed … Read more Why The Earth Isn’t Flat But Global Warming Is A Hoax.
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to my Mindset Mondays Post! The only weekly newsletter that delivers your vaccine just in time for Christmas… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should probably ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should definitely read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Secret Ingredient Missing From Every Conversation
That’s the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you’re an ass. It’s wonderful. When people tell me, “You’re wrong.” I say, “What can you expect of an ass?” S.J. Anthony de mello – SOURCE: AWARENESS “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent … Read more The Secret Ingredient Missing From Every Conversation
Tuesday’s Top Tip
Is life really so bad? Is life really so fucked up? Ok, yes, it is quite fucked up. Still. Is it not also rather pleasant? Is it not also incredibly beautiful? Is it not also extremely miraculous? When you stop regurgitating the bullshit narratives fed to you by society over and over again in your … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to my Mindset Mondays Post! The only weekly newsletter that expresses gratitude after forcing you to concede… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should probably ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should definitely read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching or … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Things That I Will Miss
“The great gift of such periods is that they invite us to question our certitudes, our givens, these seemingly sure foundations that have lulled us into complacency — for it is only by being jolted out of our complacencies, cultural or personal, that we ever reach beyond the horizon, toward new territories of truth, beauty, … Read more The Things That I Will Miss
Why Crying Like A Little Girl Is The Manliest Thing You Can Do
Why is it always said, he cried like a little girl? We never say, she cried like a little boy, do we? For that matter, we never say she cried like a little girl either. Of course I’m forgetting that’s because it’s acceptable for girls to cry! Silly me. It’s just boys who don’t cry! … Read more Why Crying Like A Little Girl Is The Manliest Thing You Can Do
Thursday’s Quote D’jour
“The function all expressions of contempt have in common is the defence against unwanted feelings.” – Alice Miller (Source: The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self) Previous Quote D’Jour
Tuesday’s Top Tip
Why should you make your bed in the morning? Why should you shave? Why should you wear your best clothes? Why should you exercise? Why should you find 5 minutes to meditate? Because all little these things are saying something. They are saying whether or not you think today is more or less important than … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to my Mindset Mondays Post! The only weekly newsletter that provides you with 90% protection from COVID19… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should probably ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should definitely read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching or … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
The Shameless Nature Of Pride
As the dust settles on the US election my feeling is not jubilation. I’m not happy that 70 million people still find Trump an acceptable leader. I’m not happy that a man whose flagrant disregard for the safety of his fellow Americans has cost hundreds of thousands their lives. I’m not happy that in death, the Trump … Read more The Shameless Nature Of Pride
Tuesday’s Top Tip
There are no good people. There are no bad people. There are only those who are trying to be better and those who are not. Trying to be a “good person” or aiming for some idea of perfection is exactly what society wants you to do. This makes you feel like you’re always less than, … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to my Mindset Mondays Post! The only weekly newsletter that claims election fraud to save face… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should probably ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should definitely read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, watching or listening … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to my Mindset Mondays Post! The only weekly newsletter that forces you to accept the reality on your situation… Following a 4-3-2-1 approach, it contains 4 thoughts from me (that you should probably ignore), 3 quotes from others (that you should definitely read), and 2 things I’ve been reading, … Read more 4-3-2-1 Mindset Mondays
First Solo
There’s a term in aviation that all pilots know well called the first solo. It’s when a new pilot completes a takeoff, short flight and safe landing, all by him or herself, for the very first time. It’s basically the aviation equivalent of losing your virginity. You kinda line the aeroplane up with the strip, … Read more First Solo
Tuesday’s Top Tip
Vote. If you value democracy and freedom, vote. If you value the rights that millions have died for, vote. If you value the planet that we live on, vote. If you believe in living a life of greater purpose and meaning, vote. If you believe in securing a better future for your children, vote. If … Read more Tuesday’s Top Tip
Why Freedom Demands Responsibility
“The principle of freedom must be our first commitment, for without this no one is immune against the virus of aggrandizement – the impulse to grab power, wealth, position, or reputation at the expense of others.” – Herbert Douglass – SourCE:The Cost Of Freedom True freedom is a commitment to experiencing the very real limitations … Read more Why Freedom Demands Responsibility
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