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There's only so much you can invite someone out of their shell. After a reasonable effort you have to defer to free will because let's face it there is a real danger you will scare them back into their shell.

Sport has an incredible capacity to bring a community together. Now it's fickle. It relies on the team winning. But if they are, consistently, it creates this amazing sense of momentum. This tangible positivity that unites strangers in a common goal. I think the key element is hope. The die hard fans will attend the … Continue reading Sport hope momentum →

It's interesting to see people who are happy with their romantic relationship flirting with 'not their partner'. To be clear, I'm not talking about the adulterers of the world. The segment of the population I'm focusing on would never cheat but still step onto that slippery slope. They don't want to leave their partner, they … Continue reading Not their partner →

In the deluxe CD pack of 'Now that's what I call the 80's' it was not an even spread years wise. Some years featured more than others. Far from 10% of each year, visually speaking it was actually more like a bell curve. With the years that featured the most being the middle years of … Continue reading Best of 80’s →

I always assumed that to do the difficult but beneficial task you had to force, coerce and bully yourself into doing it. Turns out that's just one option. It's not a do or don't scenario. There is a spectrum and on the other end is being aware of self sabotage and gently guiding yourself towards … Continue reading Quietly nudging →

Gaston put down his tools, sighed loudly, and flumped into a chair. Boromir kept hammering away. 'Ugh I don't want to work' Gaston moaned loudly. 'Yeah it's been a long ole week' Boromir replied keeping his eyes on his workbench. Gaston perked up, struck by inspiration, and asked: 'Hey Boromir, wanna go for a Boro-beer?' … Continue reading Productivity protected →

I used to agonise over menus. Labouring under the delusion that there was one dish that was the 'right' option. That this was a test and I had to be correct. I could not fail this crucial moment. Then I realised how silly that was. I wasn't playing Trivial Pursuit or Who wants to be … Continue reading The right option →

The group was too big and time was too short to gain the approval of everyone so the newcomer just focused on the alpha.

When Zach was in Spain, on his summer holidays, he didn't get frustrated when he couldn't communicate with the locals because he knew from the outset that there was going to be a language barrier. But when Zach returned to school and started interacting with his new teacher he was pushed to the brink of … Continue reading Miss Titheringate →