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 →

If the workaholic hangs out with the couch potato for long enough he will try to 'fix' him. Which will drive the couch potato crazy and a wedge between the two of them. What's interesting is that the couch potato thinks the workaholic is 'failing' at life. The game of Monopoly is explicit in the … Continue reading Truly accepting them →

When you're lumped together with people for a lengthy period of time I believe you are provided with a real opportunity to make a lasting connection. Colleagues, classmates, teammates - who will you stay in touch with? Who will fall by the wayside? I think the relationships that last are the ones that she'd the … Continue reading Will it last? →