We are nothing without our health. Somewhere, somehow we need to be sure to keep a healthy body and healthy mind to save ourselves from the greatest calamity that is: being unhealthy.
Meandering Mondays XI
We’re going to the centre of our earth today on the equator in Ecuador to a place called Mitad del Mundo. There is a monument up the road from the photo you see above that commemorates…
One liners
A few words can be so powerful. In fact fewer words are often most powerful and influential. It’s not the quantity that counts but the quality. Same applies to everything. Everything. The creation of a…
Waiting rooms
They’re never friendly and happy places waiting rooms. No one visits a waiting room for any purpose; other than to wait of course. I think what’s most frustrating though is usually the overwhelming feeling of…
Bruce Lee
How is this for a varied career: martial artist, martial arts instructor, actor, film director, screenwriter and founder. Bruce Lee died at the age of 32 but in his short existence he redefined so much.…
The Horse and His Trainer
The following is my adaption of one of Aesop’s fables: A horse trainer took the utmost pains with his charger. As long as the Spring carnival lasted, he looked upon him as his fellow-helper in…
Meandering Mondays X
The last couple of meanders have been about our ability as humans to innovate and create. Today is a brief look at the other side of human nature; our ability to be evil, to detest,…
On tick
Buying something ‘on tick’ usually refers to a purchase on credit. That is, using money you don’t have right now to buy something right now by borrowing money right now. Effectively what’s happening is that…
Seriously…
Don’t take this life so seriously. Be free. Enjoy. You have only one go at it. Why waste it?
Eggs will hatch
You may have heard the saying: Don’t count your chickens before your eggs hatch The basic premise is self explanatory. We have so many chickens and yet we still insist on counting our eggs. Instead of…
Communications
The written word is powerful. It can also be boring and disengaging. We communicate in many different ways but by far the most ubiquitous is by written word. That isn’t to say it’s always effective…
Visuals
Source: Pop Chart Lab I picture things. All manner of things. I draw pictures to understand. I visual scenarios to recall a detail I need to remember. I take a snapshot of a page as…
Good news
Don’t be confused by my apparent lack of ceremony. I am happy.
Meandering Mondays IX
We all view the world in our own way. We bring a different perspective to all our observations and todays Meandering Monday IX is an example of just that: viewing things from a different angle.…
Special
This is Ansel Adams. Source: georgerose.com He took photos of landscapes like no other person.
On the road
Avoid a void
Lever from clever Grin in the grind Can do in candor Cue the rescue Ink is to think Courage is rage Lie to believe Anger is dangerous Inspiration not ration Harm in pharmacy Urge not…
Dvorak
Not Dr. Evils second cousin but a ‘simplified’ keyboard layout patented in 1936. Apparently it’s easier, more efficient, requires less finger motion and reduces errors as compared to his more popular sister QWERTY. Proponents of…
Recognise amazing
Calling someone out for their brilliance or in recognition of their amazingness is not a frequent enough occurrence. We should all strive to point out a huge effort, to give credit when and where credit…
Juggling
The ability to juggle is said to make you smarter, more attentive and agile. I wonder whether juggling the responsibilities of life counts… We all have so much going on that juggling competing priorities, things…
Meandering Mondays VIII
Human innovation is astounding. It was barely 100 years ago when wood and sheets were used in an attempt to mimic the flight of a bird. 50 odd years after that humans were on their…
Transitions
From white to black and grey and back. From here to there and everywhere. From start to finish no time to diminish. From doubt to clout.
Φασούλι φασούλι
‘Φασούλι φασούλι γεμίζει το σάκούλι’ – and in English: ‘fasouly fasouly yemizy to sakouly‘ translated from Greek means ‘bean by bean fills the sack’. Growing up I remember hearing this phrase bandied around quite often both in relation to…
The Estyn Curve
The theory illustrated in the Estyn Curve was developed by a small group of undergraduates (including yours truly and a guy named Estyn who’s idea it was in the first place) whilst procrastinating instead of…
Fabian strategy
I’ve previously touched on military strategy when talking about predicability. Another strategy that has its origin in war is the Fabian strategy. The Fabian strategy is where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in…
Ghost
I wish I knew how to be a ghost. A friendly free-blogging platform ghost who converses in markdown to those who care to listen. Unfortunately when someone asks me to configure the unconfigurable by configuring…
This is water
There are so many people going places; doing things; always in each other’s way all at the same time. Everyone is in a rush operating in some sort of vacuum, oblivious to their surrounds. If…
Meandering Mondays VII
Happy Monday! Australia is a vast country mainly of deserts and rocks… ULURU This had to be portrayed in colour…for obvious reasons. It’s a sacred place to indigenous Australians but if you’ve ever been you’ll…
Building
Working with your hands, learning a trade, building something you can see before your very own eyes is a wonderful thing. Like the intangible effort, building something with your hands requires skill, concentration and effort. Little is left to chance. Unlike the intangible effort…
Mastering
Getting to know something like the back of your hand takes time, dedication, commitment and above all sacrifice. To master an art is to choose this art over all others. Most fall into vocations that…
Tram No. 2092
From A to B is what I do. I carry hundreds of people and I’m at the mercy of each and every one of them. This makes me very nervous. What helps me stay on…
If this then that
It’s always worth re-visiting first principles i.e. the theory from time to time…today is a very basic recap of a fundamental logic using facts, rules and definitions as the basis for reason; deductive reasoning. Lets…
You are my everything
Life without you is unimaginable. You are the beating heart of my life. You are determined and energetic. You are my exhaustion and exhilaration. Don’t ever stop exploring. Don’t ever stop learning. Don’t stop pushing…
Contentment
Contentment is a word often used out of context. It has the connotation of being mediocre and settling for whatever when in fact it is the acknowledgement and satisfaction of reaching your capacity. In other…
Meandering Mondays VI
We’re keeping it local for todays Meandering Monday…coming to you directly from my home town of Melbourne, Australia. The most liveable city in the world, bar none. Melbourne A born and bred Melburnian, I must…
Predictability
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary…
Siesta
I’ve always found having a mid-morning or mid-afternoon nap a little difficult. Although I grew up in an environment where this was the norm, I felt like I was going to miss out on something…
Stand up
Stand up for progress. Stand up for change. Stand up to brief. Stand up to debrief. Stand up to sprint. Stand up to retrospect. Stand up to scrum. Stand up to iterate. Stand up to…
Inspirational
I could not believe my eyes the first time I saw this clip. There is something inspirational about what the human body is capable of…let alone on a bike! Granted this will not be everyone’s…
Human being
Human Prejudiced, Futile Vulnerable, Doubtful, Euphoric Connected in existence, Freedom from honesty Knowledge, Experience, Change Growth, Contribution Being
The marvels…
We can be here and there right now, at a point in time. Simultaneously engaging with our own thoughts, interacting with our fellow human beings in our physical vicinity and with those across the other…
Meandering Mondays V
We’re staying in Europe this week for a little adventure through the quant town of Brugge, Belgium. Brugge Romantic; it’s the first thing that comes to mind for many when you hear about Brugge. And…
Frequency
We’re all on a different wavelength but even so there’s significant overlap within our range…unless of course you’re a tuba and you have to deal with a piccolo. But that’s rare. Most of the time…
People watching
People are amazing, they’re unpredictable. Not one person is the same. We are all different; both in appearance and in the way we think. Stopping to observe people on the street, at work, interacting with…
Upfield
It always pays to look a little further afield to see what’s coming your way. It may help you spot any upcoming impediments, it can assist in deciding how fast you approach the next corner.…
Mapping the world
The good people over at Maptia are collecting stories from all over the world from every country, every culture, and every background. I’m very excited to be a part of the community as a founding storyteller…
Sunk costs
There is nothing more sobering than a sunk cost. It’s the most truthful realisation of a f&*k up. Often the term is associated with business and economics and known as a previous expenditure that can…
Commitment
Conceptually is unqualified, unconditional, absolute. Often it conjures thoughts of long term, but it can be temporary too. Momentarily there is fear and trepidation. Moreover though a realisation of benefit and achievement. It is that which…
Meandering Mondays IV
Happy Monday to you all! Return flights to Europe and an adventure to a sinking city…literally. I only spent a few days in Venice but two things happened to me that I’ll share with you today.…
Boundaries
We all have boundaries. We all create boundaries. Some boundaries are imposed on us. We can choose to stay within these boundaries or we can choose to venture beyond them. There is a different world…