Jeff is bad at basketball. Everyone knows that. Today Jeff scored from the halfway line but the crowd dismissed it as a fluke. In the next game scored 40 points (50% of the team's total) but the audience chalked it down to poor opposition. 'Lets see Jeff do that against the Devils' they said Then, … Continue reading Coffee Kryptonite →

The resistance (as Steven Pressfield defines it) truly is a worthy opponent. As soon as you master the 'distraction' level of difficulty the opposition will adapt and become more subtle in its approach. It gets particularly conniving when it poses as helpful rational thoughts. 'Do you feel that back pain? You haven't done your physio … Continue reading A worthy opponent →

Living in Ireland, you become aware fairly quickly of the general dislike of the English. I don't think it's a proper hatred. I think at an individual level each Irish person would be just as polite to an English person as they would an Irish person. I don't think it's a stretch to say that … Continue reading It’s coming home →

I hypothesise that if you feel smugness/relief/schadenfreude at another's mistake, then you could be terrified of making mistakes yourself. I have no proof or evidence that I'm correct, just a thought. Have a nice day!

If the approval process is taking forever. If it's preventing forward motion and causing project creep. If you've gone through multiple rounds of making requested changes and there appears to be no more updates to be made. Then I would suggest taking a different tact. Instead of saying 'can you please approve this?' again, take … Continue reading Take the decision out of their hands →

It's been a few years since I bought a new iPhone but I remember opening the box vividly. The designers at Apple packaged it in such a way that it felt like an unveiling (the boxes were so close in width and length that to get to your new phone you had to pull the … Continue reading Packaging stories →

I often find that later seasons of TV shows are better than their predecessors. I think what happens is the first few episodes represent the 'dipping of the toe' phase. The writers, creators, actors and all involved start to timidly venture in a new direction. There are brief signs of brilliance, but they are just … Continue reading A show’s confidence →

'It's just a game' Another way of saying - 'I don't get it. I don't understand why you're getting so worked up about this. From where I'm standing this is a trivial matter.' Similar sayings include: 'You flew all the way to Italy... for a dress?!?' 'But why didn't they just hop on the Eagles … Continue reading It’s just a game →

It's tiring to be mindful all the time. It's exhausting to be conscious of your thoughts 24/7. I think most people would like to be optimists but when you're trying to marshal and change over 90,000 thoughts a day it can be fatiguing. Easier to simply revert back to the default setting. The conditioning of … Continue reading Hard working optimists →

Tired of everything on TV? Sick of all social media? Dying for something to do? Annoyed with all these repetitive questions? Ready for one more? What if you spent time facing your fears? If you're looking for excitement then nothing compares to the exhilaration of dancing with one's fears. I promise you won't be bored! … Continue reading Bored? →