Let's talk about Judgement. Specifically the judgement of others and of how we negatively treat ourselves. There is a saying that goes like this the only way to avoid criticism is to do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. Not much of a payoff for not taking criticism, a life of bland greyness. So what's the [...]
If I could go back in time and give my younger self any advice it would be this... Avoid alcohol like the plague. If you are going to drink the stuff do it on special occasions. Limit yourself to maybe once or twice a month. I don't say this because I am anti-alcohol. I love a [...]
Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Well, there are wrong places and wrong times and then there is being right at the scene where a murderer is just about to bury the body. But hold on, I am getting ahead of myself. About 8 years ago I was backpacking through [...]
Today was the day I decided to stop my writing streak. I have done a year's worth of articles in 52 days. That is not so bad. As much as I was not scraping the barrel for stuff to write about. I was finding it more difficult to write about the things that were on top [...]
If there is one "Law of Power" that stands head and shoulders higher than the rest at least for me it is Law 10. Law 10 is presented as... Infection: Avoid the unhappy and unlucky There is a lot to say about just how useful that is. This is not going to be that This is going [...]
Tell the world what you are going to do but first show it. Truth be told. I could stop this article right there. With that one sentence. But well I am going to try and fill it out a bit. I believe in vision and goals. Everyone should in some part know where they are [...]
In the movie "About a Boy" Someone says to the Hugh Grant character "No man is an island" quoting the line from the now legendary poem For Whom The Bell Tolls by John Donne. Will (Hugh Grant) says "I'm an island, I am f*cking Ibiza". For much of the early part of my life, I was [...]
I have a saying I often repeat to myself. "New day, New chances". This basically means when I wake up I have a new day with a blank slate, and an opportunity to craft the day how I want. That's how change is made, crafting one new day at a time until the accumulation of those [...]
With your permission, I would like to show you something. Have you ever noticed this about advice? Giving advice is easy. Taking advice is hard. Taking your own advice is harder still. Why is that? Surely taking your own advice should be the easiest thing in the world. You know you have your best interests at [...]
Most people don't know what you know. If you are reading this I automatically assume you know the things I know. You see there is a certain sort of person who reads articles that help them grow, to improve and to evolve. The average everyday person is happy with the status quo. So I automatically think [...]
