According to social psychologist Gustave Le Bon: “The Crowd is always intellectually inferior to the isolated individual.” We are constantly pressured from the crowd in the form of expectations which are just constructs of the mind. The …
Certain topics in life are not to be spoken about, others we’re self-delusional, what’s referred to as cognitive dissonance. Some of these topics are better described as stories. These stories are there to help form …
Goodhart’s law is named after Charles Goodhart, a British economist and former professor at the London School of Economics. Goodhart’s law simply states “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to …
I’m sure my best mate is an alcoholic, I’ve never known anyone so obsessed with getting smashed. He’ll always get drunk whenever we go out and try to bring everyone with him; shots being ordered, karaoke and staying out until …
I’m male, 43 years old, heterosexual, athletic with a well-paid job and no children (I realise this is starting to sound like an online dating profile). It’s fair to say that statistically, I’m in the minority by not having (or …
It was a cloudy Monday morning in October when I received another “urgent” email request to provide PowerPoint slides, this time for an important VP visit. I took another swig of coffee and looked ahead at my chores for the …
I was recently at a winery on a beautifully sunny Sunday in Shoreham, Kent. After some wine tasting, I wandered up to a lovely outside bar area that had a DJ playing …
The title of this post is a general summary of the excellent book by James Wallman called “Time and How to Spend It”. I’ve been thinking for some time that I don’t get out and do enough. I’m a creature …
I recently finished reading Susan Cain’s excellent book: “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking”. The book was thought-provoking and there were a couple of sentences that made me sit back and reflect: “Jealousy is …
Henry David Thoreau’s quote “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” was an observation that most people live an empty life caused by unfulfilling work, lack of leisure time and misplaced values; money, possessions and accolades. Thoreau claims …
