When I was younger i used to play Football Manager and a problem i always used to encounter was the blatant bias towards my favourite players. This became especially bad when they weren't performing. I'd still start them ahead of lesser known more deserving players. I would rationalise it by saying 'He just needs more … Continue reading The conviction to cut →

I was playing a particularly tight tag rugby match recently when I noticed a separation amongst the players. As the pressure began to build and the end of the game neared, you begin to feel that something special is required here to be the difference between these two teams, to win the game. There is … Continue reading When the game is on the line →

Myself and my housemates moved recently and I was amazed at the amount of crap we collectively had as a household. I find it is the small regular disciplines that pay off big time in the long term. For example, recently,  when my car became embarrassingly dirty and I didn't have the time or energy … Continue reading Small Disciplines →

I never buy lotto tickets. The insurmountable odds of me actually winning is inescapable. Then my department in work started a lotto pool, each week everyone chips in a €1 to buy a lotto ticket. And all of a sudden I'm throwing my rational consumer persona out the window and wasting a euro a week … Continue reading Lotto →

Who's your go to excel expert? The need to do it coupled with the laziness of not teaching oneself means the expert can make demands for his services. If you were the expert in something, and there was a need for it you could make a handy career for yourself. 😛

One of the amazing things for me is just how diverse their songs were. You could go from a slow song like My guitar gently weeps to a Rock anthem like Revolution to a nice happy song like Octopus' Garden. Each of them great in their own right. At the root of this diversity was … Continue reading Beatles – Diversity →

Monday Quiet Quite productive Inbox full Coffee!! How was your weekend? Resignation The end is nowhere to be seen Actually busy Friday  Noisy Less productivity Inbox empty Chocolate!! Any plans for the weekend? Excitement The end is in sight Looking busy Timing can play a big part, just ask any email marketer

Everybody knows that chocolate makes you fat. There's no doubt in everyone's mind that an apple is healthier. And yet when you provide a selection of both apples and chocolates, you can near guarantee that the chocolate will be inhaled in a matter of seconds and the apples will be untouched. Why? Because the majority … Continue reading Chocolates v Apples →

It's no coincidence that your great ideas come along when you're away from the keyboard and then when you sit down to write your mind draws a blank. It's an age old struggle every human ever has come across between your creative side and your amygdala. The lizard brain times it to perfection and ... … Continue reading Resistance Fighting →

I know a guy who cleans under his desk. Not like the ground under the desk, but the underside of the desk itself. Which, the first time I saw it, was looking around for the men in white coats to promptly take him away. I've never seen anyone before or since clean the underside of … Continue reading Cleaning the underside of the desk →