From the monthly archives:
Have you noticed how often your perspective can be totally skewed? At the time you don’t realise it of course. But, in hindsight, you come to realise that you perspective about a particular situation was way off the mark.
I’ve come to discover that typically my perspective in the moment is rarely the best one. The [...]
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Our culture celebrates independence. We are encouraged to pursue independence. We are fascinated by the stores of the ’self-made man’.
Sadly, our culture is way off the mark on this one. There is no such thing as a self-made man. I am yet to see a single person who achieved greatness on their own. Greatness in [...]
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Today is mine and Rachel’s fifth wedding anniversary. How time flies! On many levels it seems to have flown by and yet on others it feels like we’ve been together forever – in a good way!
I cannot imagine life now without Rachel. She is a part of me. Whilst we’ve both fully maintained our individuality, [...]
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Taking time to stop is essential. Life gets so busy that we get caught going from one thing to the next and very easily lose any true sense of direction.
I’m a big believer in the importance of holidays. They don’t have to be expensive, but they do need to be a change of location where [...]
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Today we continue with the series of posts on Aliveness Theory by regular guest columnist, Dale Swinburne.
There is living and then, there is living. Chip Anderson’s Aliveness Theory describes the 3 levels of living which we discussed in the last post. The three levels are Fully Alive, Mere Existence, and Deadness. Ideally, [...]
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Sometimes we can be ‘in the zone’. Everything just comes together the way we want it to. We feel passionate, we’re flowing in our strengths, and everything just feels, well, great. If only life was like this all the time!
Sadly, we often end up spending most of our life between these kinds of peaks. And [...]
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In case you missed it, Usain Bolt – the Jamican sprinter – has broken both the 100 meter and 200 meter world records of the last few days. Again. He is quite simply an incredible athlete. It is awe-inspiring watching him run.
Of course, the reason he can run like this is due to a mixture [...]
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As I reflect on many aspects of my life I can’t help but feel that many of the successes I have had have felt a lot more accidental than planned. In fact, often the success seems to happen in spite of my plans.
It has struck me though that I actually have quite a lot of [...]
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Welcome back. I’ve been on a break whilst travelling to South Africa for three weeks. I’ve had an amazing time that has impacted me in so many ways. I’m sure much of it will come through in the writing to come. I’m excited to be back writing.
As I said before taking the break, it is [...]
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