I saw an article online entitled - How do I get better taste in music? And I thought that question implies that there is good music to listen to and bad music to avoid. One could see advice like the following form from such thinking: Listen to Vivaldi and avoid Nickelback and rap. But what … Continue reading Good taste →

In his book 'Creativity' Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi talks about different kinds of creativity. He talks about small innovations like making up fun new words like snackatus and gorlump. He also talks about creativity that contains innovations so big that they change a field forever. Like for example Jackson Pollock's drip paintings. And his advice for the … Continue reading Domain knowledge →

To paraphrase and build on a Jim Rohn quote... Stand guard at the door of your mind. Be steadfast and keep your aim true, for there are deadly foes incessantly trying to penetrate your armour. Your mood is too precious to slacken your grip or let vigilance slip.

'Martial!! Ahead of Ronaldo!! What is he thinking?!?’ Andreas exclaimed. Dieter dug his finger deeper into his right nostril. 'He is the best player in the world! How can you not start him?!?’ Andreas yelled. Dieter could feel this was going to be a big one! 'How many times has Martial won the Ballon D’or? … Continue reading Dieter & Andreas →

I think more important than whether you believe salvation is possible, is, are you willing to put in the effort?I've heard of couples divorcing simply because they had gone too far. Neither was up for the many many tough conversations it would take to get back on track.

Confessing to not doing work can be SO painful that regular meetings can serve as a great motivator to avoid that agony at all costs.

The bag contained two bottles of soda, an XL cup of pot noodles, an expensive bag of jellies, 3 high quality chocolate bars and a bottle opener key chain. And all you had to do to get this bag of goodies was to enter your email address. That's how far it's come now. Companies are … Continue reading Free stuff for attention →

There was a lot of jokes told that day and I was feeling reckless so I told a risque joke. The reception was divisive. One laugh the hardest he'd laughed all day, so one point to the good. I tickled myself just by telling it. Two points to the good. But the other two humans … Continue reading Risque joke regret →

'I don't like hanging out with them, they make me feel inadequate' I think once you start to feel inadequate in someone else's company you might be tempted to do either of the following: A) Bring em down a peg or two to make yourself feel better. Or B) Internally find a plain in which … Continue reading Internal inadequacies →

"Look I can see why you did what you did. It was a difficult situation and you handled it very well but you did break curfew so unfortunately I'm going to have to give you detention." The above is a much easier pill to swallow than the below... Detention McGrath! What! Why?!? You broke curfew. … Continue reading Acknowledging the difficulty →