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Monday, February 8th, 2010Leonardo Da Vinci wrote that “When a bird lands in a tree, the whole world changes.”
That is because everything effects everything else, our actions change our reality, and that reality is the world around us.
Someone once said “everybody wants to change the world, yet nobody wants to change himself”.
It’s true, think about how [...]
Forgiveness
Saturday, February 6th, 2010What follows is a true story. From the book ‘Watch my Back’ by Geoff Thompson
Four weeks ago I found myself sitting in McDonald’s having an early morning coffee. I love McDonald’s: most mornings I’m there at 7.30 a.m. waiting for the first pot to brew. This morning was no exception. I sat with [...]
Groundhog day 2010
Tuesday, February 2nd, 20102nd February and what would you know, it’s Groundhog day.
You may have seen the film Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray.
In the film, Murray plays Phil Connors, an egocentric TV weatherman who, during a hated assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, finds himself repeating the same day over and over again.
After indulging [...]
Actions have consequences
Sunday, January 31st, 2010I’m certain that it hasn’t escaped your notice that the papers have been full of stories about John Terry, the Chelsea player.
I’m not going to judge him as like most people (myself included) he is flawed.
If the papers are to be believed (and this may be a leap of faith)
John Terry and Wayne Bridge’s friendship [...]
Supermarket parking limits breach disability laws
Saturday, January 30th, 2010In a story on the BBC news website, supermarkets have come in for criticism for not making allowances for extra parking time that may be required by people who are disabled.
Whilst I agree with this and the supermarkets need to up their game they should also be penalising those people who do not carry the [...]
Bad thoughts
Sunday, January 24th, 2010From the book Shogun by James Clavell
To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever increasing unhappiness.
To think good thoughts however requires effort. This is one of the things that training and discipline are about. So teach your [...]
Be great, powerful beyond measure
Thursday, January 21st, 2010A short video about being great often realising that it is our own fear of success that holds us back. We are powerful beyond measure.
Video footage from Snatch. Audio clips from Muhammad Ali’s speech, Rocky, and Coach Carter.
Still photography by Gabriel Stiritz and Lauren Herreid.
Music from Transformers and Gladiator. Hanz Zimmer.
Edited by Eric Horner.
An uneasy feeling
Monday, January 18th, 2010Yesterday I was chatting with the son of one of my friends about console games etc.
He was getting quite animated about his love of Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2, which seems to be all the rage these days.
Fair enough I thought, however his enthusiasm knew no boundaries as he went on to explain [...]
