Nothing beats swimming outside on a summer’s day with the sunshine warming your back. That’s one of the reasons I got back into the swing of swimming at my local lido. I swim lengths and it feels like my technique …
Imagine that your life is about to end prematurely or fast-forward in time to your eighties or nineties. You’re sitting on your deathbed reflecting on what you’ve done and not done with your life – are you satisfied? This is …
Studies show we cherish things more when we’re involved in making it. This is called the IKEA effect. This comes as no surprise, speaking from my own perspective I’m not sure there even needed to be a study to prove …
Everything is under control
Unless you live somewhere remote, maybe in the mountains with no TV or external influences then you’re being brainwashed. Some of us are being brainwashed more than others. The degree to which you’re being brainwashed depends …
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
Aristotle
I’ve not heard a better alternative to Aristotle’s view that happiness is the purpose of life. The problem with the subjective nature …
I’m often sitting at home with a low level of anxiety just within the range of my consciousness. I don’t know where to focus my attention. I have a bunch of unread books I could be reading, not to mention …
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 …
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 …
It was a Saturday afternoon and I was sitting on the train when a couple of teenage girls hypnotised to their smartphones with music blaring sat in adjacent seats. This new trend of listening to music or watching videos on …
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 …
