World-famous fashion designer and businesswoman Coco Chanel once said: “there are people who have money and there are people who are rich”. Chanel didn’t believe that material wealth was enough to make you rich in life. I’ve known a few wealthy people and they have certainly confirmed this theory; constantly being stressed and generally discontent….
It was a Saturday afternoon and I was sitting on the train when a couple of teenage girls sat in adjacent seats. Music was blaring from a smartphone as they were engrossed in something or other on YouTube. This new trend of listening to music or watching videos on public transport without headphones is a…
This post explains how to make a life plan using a spreadsheet. There are good reasons to have a plan in life; for starters when you write down stuff it’s more likely to happen (you become accountable). You’ll also be forced to ponder deep and philosophical questions, like: what’s my purpose in life? My life…
If you read my post about self-accountability then you know I like to keep track of stuff. As the old saying goes “what gets measured gets done”. You are your own Personal Trainer. Without accountability, things don’t happen and you stagnate. My previous post covered tracking personal health but we don’t have to stop there,…
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 of habit. As James Wallman book states it in his book: Ticking along in life…
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 an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what…
The phrase “what gets measured gets done” is mostly used in the business world and suggests you should measure important things otherwise they don’t get done. However, the same philosophy can obviously be used in your personal life. On the one occasion I started to measure how many kilometres I was running it created a…