The universe can be great for perspective. As long as you have the right distance. If you go too big, you'll lose the audience and leave them confused. For the brain can't fathom the universe in its entirety and if the goal is to try and make their problem feel small, you need a comparison … Continue reading Universe perspective →

I think playing sport is made up of flow and ego. You could spend 90% of the game operating instinctively without doubt and gaining great satisfaction from it. But the remaining 10%, typically in the last few minutes when the game is to be decided, is when you see the ego calling the shots. Making … Continue reading Flow and ego →

One player left early. One player cried at being sat out of the final game. While handling the latter was surprising and much harder for the coach, it's a preferable scenario to be in. Leaving without telling anyone speaks to an apathy for the cause. Crying because you care so much is what you want … Continue reading Crying for the cause →

The problem was expertly described. Not too easy so that the speaker didn't appear lazy and not too hard so that the listener wouldn't engage. The speaker knew what they were doing. They knew the listener was a problem addict and the speaker wanted the problem off their plate and the speaker did it masterfully. … Continue reading Problem bait →

It was a funny moment. The rest of the team were agreed they would rather lose the Cup quarter final in order to have a chance at winning the plate competition than get annihilated in the Cup competition. Even though you could argue finishing bottom of the cup meant finishing 4th out of 8 and … Continue reading Lose to win →

It's sad how much we allow others to make us feel bad.Most are not consciously thinking about it, they are just shriveling to this person's negativity.But if we were to select people to be the judge of our self worth wouldn't it be better to pick someone who knows you very well rather than someone … Continue reading Other opinion power →

Gareth sat in the spa with his relaxing towel on his head, draped in a relaxing robe, smelling the relaxing scents and listening to the relaxing music, worrying that he wasn't feeling relaxed enough.

She had a microphone. She had a stage. Her face was on two massive 50 foot high screens. She was singing loudly. With a band backing her up. The whole venue was designed for the audience to look at her. And yet she couldn't hold the attention of numerous people at the concert. Now some … Continue reading Other’s attention →

Jean Luc felt like he was making some very good points to justify his actions. But Pierre kept laying the blame at his door. This felt grossly unfair to Jean Luc as the context proved his innocence but Pierre didn't seem to be listening to it. And from the outside looking in, I think what … Continue reading Jean Luc and Pierre →

Someone is going through a difficult time and it's the elephant in the room but you can't ask about it directly because that would feel like prying. You wait for them to bring it up so you can ask the questions that are burning your insides but they fail to do so. So, you slowly … Continue reading The outer circle →