The voice of intellect is a soft one

– Sigmund Freud ____ After a torrid week and some help from true friends this image came to mind…. ____ Some people think only intellect counts – knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it.

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Confusion to Understanding

Blame seeking is a type of dis-ease born out of fear and confusion.The real issue is that often, what we are presented with as news is not all facts it is just a simple (sic) snippet of data – the problem lies in how that news affects our lives, and when we don’t have all the facts our brains react to the confusion and we become fearful and confused – then our societal programming seeks closure…. Focus your intention and ensure that every person who crosses your path leaves your presence feeling better, cared for and loved simply by being around you.People often ask me how they can make a difference in the complex world we live in. Here is a low cost way for you to change you world:- Observe and undertake to understand, suspend judgement and the world will suddenly become a better place for you – oh and add some love, you get way better results.

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Step away from the vehicle!

As we mentioned in a previous post, work is a vehicle that clever people use to help finance their lifestyle. Admittedly some vehicles are more fun than others. That, as we all know is our choice. Sometimes our choices provide results and outcomes that we wish we could get rid of and after a while…

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Fire Beware! and the “R” word

More and more organisations who rely on specialist knowledge on a day to day basis have noticed an unfortunate phenomenon which takes place when cutting costs means the “R” word – rationalisation (er, . . getting rid of people). This trend seems to be prevalent even in high-tech, banking and industries whose employees require specialised…

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Workaholic vs. Real success

“What is so terrible with being a workaholic?”, somebody protested to me the other day. The answer has disturbed some people and prompted many others to begin to re-evaluate their lives. Workaholics are not people who have too much responsibility; they are really just people who have stopped taking responsibility for their life. In one…

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Things to do in 2007

Ready to live an AWESOME life?. Make a wish every morning – write it down on a post-it note and stick it in your underwear. Stay up all night until 9 AM the following day with a lover, friend or stranger and just talk or listen. Get 8 hrs sleep a night for 7 days.…

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My first “life changing” book.

I am not an avid reader of fiction and while Peter Senge recommended this book in one of his posts, I hesitated because the Amazon synopsis suggested a fuzzy pop-philosophy plot. Little did I know that this would be the first book of fiction I have read that I can honestly describe as “life changing”.…

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Alternate Resolutions

Is your New Years resolution boring? Or confined to replaying what happened in the past, life-area by life-area, then drafting an “I really should-do this” list, or a list of things to fix? Here is an new idea for your new year, to balance the should, must and have to lists. There is potential out…

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