The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo
Tag: personality
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 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…
I know all about you
I know who you are. I know where you live. I know your friends. I know your family. I know when you sleep. I know what type of music you listen to. I know what…
Pulling faces
We are all very different. None of us are the same. Yet we are all connected. We all live and breathe along a continuum of time in finite space. Let’s embrace each others differences and…
Captive
I’m going to take a slightly different approach today as I realise I’ve been rather negative in dealing with some issues explored here at Ask a Toddler. So I’m not going to focus on our…
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…
On edge
Long days at work, lack of sleep and never finding time for yourself can drive the best of us to the edge. We begin to feel frustrated over the little things that would usually go…
Admissions
It’s a tough gig admitting we’re wrong or admitting we need to change. Like getting admitted into hospital, its quite a process. Firstly there’s a level of self awareness we need to have which is…
Inspiration
What people find inspirational varies considerably. Some people are inspired by others, what they do, their achievements. It’s motivating to know something you want to do has been done by someone in difficult circumstances. Of…
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…
Emerge from the shadows
“Serve yourself, no one else can do for you like you” – Smashing Pumpkins, Starla Make yourself known. You are the person who cares as much about you than anyone else. No one will stick…
Reflections
Sometimes we should stop and reflect on our past…not for too long though…harping on the past helps no one. But there is one thing we should never forget and that is that history repeats itself.…
Four legged friends
There’s something very special about having pets around the house. Beside keeping the kids occupied, cats and dogs and other four legged friends provide us with comfort and security. No matter what animal we’re talking…
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…