From the moment we’re born and throughout our education our brains are fired and wired to seek authority. Authority is the invisible structure that governs what we feel and how we live our lives but take it away and we quickly feel vulnerable and isolated. The biggest problem with authority is that it doesn’t innovate. For years we have been … Read More
Balancing Balls
It’s all well and good making plans for a year of great intentions but if your focus is on doing the things that you’ve been educated to think are important but don’t really matter in the wider scope of things, then you’re simply wasting another year. “Better to have a short life doing something that is full of what you … Read More
YOLO, Unemployment and Concentration Camps
Since leaving university, I myself and several of my close friends have experienced bouts of depression whilst being unemployed, but can a lack of nine to five really be what’s getting us down or is there something else that’s actually missing? It’s wasn’t until I recently picked up the book ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl that I realised … Read More
Reframing Your Mindset For REAL Motivation
When it comes to motivation, there are three categories our mindsets falls into: 1. Fear – “If I don’t do my homework my parents are going to beat me!” 2. Incentive – “If I do my homework my parents will buy me sweets.” 3. Growth – “If I do my homework I can become a doctor and help others” If … Read More
What To Do If Your Profession Can Be Programmed
Robots are and will continue stealing our jobs, period. Unfortunately, the automation of thousands of jobs worldwide is a double-edged sword, on one hand it reduces business costs and prices for consumers but on the other, it removes humans from the work force and leads to mass unemployment. In Tyler Cowens latest book Average is Over he states that, “If … Read More
Delay Gratification By Learning To Trust Yourself
We live in a society that demands instant gratification. Whether it’s through online shopping, gambling or porn, we all want something yesterday. A recent study showed that our inability to forgo a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future may depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, but what if the reward giver … Read More
Forget About Your Past & Read Yourself Into Your Future
If you haven’t seen Eric Thomas’ Game Changer video from this morning I suggest you watch it. In his latest video he talks about the importance of reading, not for school or college or because your parents say you should but for yourself and off your own back. On the 31st of Decemeber 2012, I made a New Year’s resolution … Read More
Capitalise On What Comes
This week, my girlfriend and I returned home from what was meant to be three months of adventure around Canada & USA. Unfortunately just three weeks into our travels, Lisa managed to break her ankle and the Doctor suggested that we return home so she can fully heal. Initially I was gutted, over six months of saving, quitting my job … Read More
The Idol Reflection
We each have someone who we admire, someone who we wish we could look, act or think more similarly to, but are idols a positive part of our culture or do they get in the way of us learning to embrace ourselves? “Every one of us is, even from his mother’s womb, a master craftsman of idols.” – John Calvin For … Read More
9,159 Days of Eating
Yesterday I did my first ever 24 hour fast. I’m not religious and I’m not a masochist, I did it just because I wanted to prove to myself that I could. Having read up a little bit about the many health benefits of intermittent fasting, I was surprised that many of my initial changes were not physical but in fact … Read More