Nurture or nature? The age-old debate of what shapes us. What is the major reason that decides whether any one of us joins the line…
Today is the 10th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of 3 trains on the London Underground and within an hour, a bus on a busy…
It’s not enough to overcome adversity. We need to learn from the experience, gain strength from it. Use it to grow. Thrive on it, not…
This week the media is full of stories about corruption at FIFA. Stories of corruption and fraud that stretch back years, possibly decades. Including the…
This post is an important milestone, the 500th on this blog.The first post was published on 19 April 2009, just over 6 years ago. That…
A recent reference in the OMFG forum on Google + to a persistent NASCAR driver interested me so much that I decided to move…
Elephants feature in many folk tales and metaphors. Two that are relevant: The modern one “The Elephant in…
I bought myself a Christmas present on Amazon, the book “The Obstacle is The Way” by Ryan Holiday. It arrived on Friday, I finished it…
Wishing you success, good health and happiness in 2015. May you be safe from the kind of violence that Islamic terrorists have unleashed on Paris…
I started writing about stoicism in this post on 21 November, then had to rely on my own ability to be stoic to get…