It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle
Tag: learn
It’s all about Valume
Yesterday, I had the privilege of hearing Adrian Fittolani introduce me to the concept of valume. Now there is no way I will be able to convey the message with anywhere near as much heart…
#EpicCollaboration
Firstly I want to thank everyone involved at #EpicCollaboration. I had the pleasure of attending a strategy session the other night with a group of honest, intelligent, compassionate, creative and committed collaborators. I appreciate you…
With intention
Know real Now matters Open honest Without hesitation Live deliberately Extend boundaries Do what matters Grow and contribute Eclecticism
Taking stock
I’ve been writing this blog for almost a year now since I decided to make the switch. Every now and then I look back at some of the things I’ve written…sometimes I can’t even remember ever writing…
Why?
There is nothing and no one waiting for you. Your life is yours and lived only once. Why do we strive for distraction? Time in space is all we have. Attempting to avoid reality. The…
Options
Our brains are a muscle that can create an infinite number of connections between two points. These connections give us options. The more connections we create the more options we will have. The computing power…
Learning from strangers
All our lives we are taught by strangers. We are told to listen, respect and learn from their teachings. It’s been a long since teaches actually taught us something worth learning though and that’s the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Terms and conditions
We live in a world of terms and conditions. Almost everything we do and almost everything we own are all subject to terms and conditions. From the toaster we use to the cars we…
Logging in
It has become so easy to log in into any account, from pretty much any device from anywhere. In fact most of the time you don’t even need to log in because you’re already logged…
Misanthropy
Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or disdain of the human species or human nature. The word’s origin is from Greek words μῖσος (misos, “hatred”) and ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, “human”). Not to be mistaken with its…
Mind works
For if you [the rulers] suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what…
Catch me if you can
My intention in starting this blog and sharing it with you is pretty simple and straight forward: to produce original content that engages with you and maybe exposes you to something you’ve not seen or…
Get lost
Seriously. Get lost. Its refreshing. After you get over the panic of actually realising you have no idea where you are, and after ensuring that you are either relatively safe or can secure your safety…
Benefit of doubt
Wise men [sic], when in doubt whether to speak or keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. – Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich There is a fear of speaking…
The plot
Thank you Ashleigh Brilliant. We’re not supposed to know the plot because we’re writing it as we go. We’re the directors, the producers, the protagonists all in one. Hopefully we can gather a superb supporting…
Keeping track
There’s Jawbone’s Up, 23andMe, Xero, Fitbit, Do It! Geotags, CloudOn, CheckMark, MakeMe and a million other gadgets and apps designed to help us keep track of our own lives. Everything under the sun is covered…genetic…
Everybody is a genius
Albert Einstein was a genius. There is no question about that. According to Einstein we are all geniuses. Can that be the case? Are we being judged against the wrong criteria? Formal institutionalised education imposes…
Illusion of strength
We often associate strength with weight, uniformity and size. It’s not always the case. In reality, strength comes from within our hearts and minds. When we combine passion and intelligence there is no stronger force.…
Too far to turn back
What do you do when you know you’ve gone too far to turn back? Do you give up and start afresh? Do you trace back a few steps and change trajectory? Or do you carry…
Pleasures in life
Food glorious food! We’re talking home grown, home made, home baked, full of flavour and made with love. There is no substitute for fresh, homely, culinary mastery. There just isn’t. When you have the luxury…
Responsibility
We have an insatiable want to own things, whether it be an item or a situation, we want to know we’re in control, that we’re completely responsible for it and that no one else has…
Watching closely
Do you feel like you’re being watched sometimes? Its because you are. There are very few places you can go, very few places you can visit where you can remain anonymous if you so choose,…
Open your eyes
Open your eyes to the truth. We have been blindfolded ever since we’ve been taught anything. Our formal education systems are designed to build drones, a workforce not required to think but to follow orders…
Luck
They say you create your own luck…I don’t even know what luck is and that’s not because things don’t ever go my way. Google reckons its ‘success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than…
Falling from grace
I always think to myself what once was when I hear of people who have fallen from grace. I’m not talking about that celebrity or sportsperson who has decided to play on for one season…
A picture tells a thousand words
Taking pictures comes naturally to me…writing is a little more difficult…as you’ve probably noticed. Assessing the light, picking the mid-tone and exposing to capture the intended mood is something that happens in my head in…
Glass half full
Its amazing how powerful a positive outlook can be. Regardless of what our current situation might be, if we keep our head up and look just beyond the horizon things are likely to get better.…
Value
There are things that might seem trivial to some but to others these same things are valuable. That value can only be measured by one thing: time. Value is often attributed a monetary amount but…
Two dimensional
I don’t think there is anything wrong with giving people the benefit of the doubt. Who cares what they look like or what kind of pram they’re pushing or what kind of hat they’ve got…