What if instead of searching for purpose and meaning in our lives, we made the decision to turn up to what we already get to do WITH purpose? Might we find that “purpose and meaning” have been with us the whole time? Not something far off, yet to be discovered. Instead, just waiting to be … Continue reading What’s my purpose?
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When things break…
My partner has a 2007 hard-top convertible. The other day when he pushed the button to bring down the roof, he heard an almighty crack. The normally graceful Transformer-like mechanism had come to a sudden and dramatic halt in midair. He came home very disappointed that it happened “today”. Not helped by the fact that … Continue reading When things break…
Oh beauty
Photo by Titouan COLOMB on Unsplash It’s as if someone has taken a huge pile and dropped them without care. Yet this ... looks like art. All fragility resting softly on a concrete pathway, the canvas today for this beauty. I thought to myself if this was actual rubbish - not tree debris - this … Continue reading Oh beauty
… a way to [L]earn a living
Here’s a helpful way to reframe working for someone else. Where else can you get hands-on experience in an industry?Where you are immersed in their operations, procedures, and policies?Where you are privy to their valuable and hard-worked-for IP?Where you gain insight and knowledge from people with years of relevant trade/industry experience? Without paying a cent.And … Continue reading … a way to [L]earn a living
Mind bashing body
My Dad shared this revelation with me this week, and I think it is so important. The mind used to keep us safe. It would tell us when to run and when to hide. It would help us find shelter and food but those aren’t things, we generally have to worry about now, so the … Continue reading Mind bashing body
Double portion
Each of you must make up your own mind about how much to give. But don’t feel sorry that you must give and don’t feel that you are forced to give. God loves people who love to give. 2 Corinthians 9:7 CEV Serving is giving. Your skills. Your effort. Your time. Are you are cheerful … Continue reading Double portion
72 hours
Its probably been 25 years+ since I read the book, “The trick to money is having some” by Stuart Wilde but this quote thankfully surfaced in my mind this week... “You don’t need a million dollars necessarily or a stockpile of Swiss francs [or a store cupboard of toilet paper] to feel ok. It … Continue reading 72 hours
The problem is me
When something isn’t going well with a relationship or a project we tend to look out. He’s at fault! She needs to change! We might accept part of the problem but it’s common to justify putting off our change until we first see change in the other. Everyone waits. Nothing happens. Here’s what the … Continue reading The problem is me
Most Important Question – MIQ
I learned about MIQ from a Tim Ferriss interview with Josh Waitzkin https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/375-josh-waitzkin-how-to-cram-2-months-of-learning-into-1-day/id863897795?i=1000442923234 MIQ stands for the Most Important Question and Josh poses it before he goes to sleep. The idea is that you give your subconscious mind a problem and time to solve it. The next morning, Josh pops open Evernote and brainstorms … Continue reading Most Important Question – MIQ
It’s all invented
We each have our own unique perspectives, formed as a result of our life's experiences. Our brain processes those experiences and creates a framework or map that it then uses to view similar or new experiences. As a result, often our interpretation or perspective of a situation has little to do with actual reality … Continue reading It’s all invented
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