Why Quieting Your Mind is the Key to Unlocking a Better Life
“To me, stillness is what makes life worth living,” Holiday says during our conversation. “If you have all the money in the world, all the power in the world, but you are frantic, at the mercy of your own thoughts, what’s the point?” More here – GQ
Rejection Letter
Sir Peter J Radcliffe was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine for the work outlined in his rejected paper.
Final Thoughts – October 2019
WE GET SO BUSY making a living, we forget that we need to make a life. Most of us are working until the end of the week, so we get to the weekend, only to start all over again. Surely there’s more to life than this? Sometimes it takes the most uncomfortable path to lead…
Some Wisdom from Mark Twain
“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” “20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your…
Teach Your Daughters About Super
MOST WOMEN RETIRE with much less superannuation than men. This makes it particularly difficult for single women and widows. Plus, on average, women live almost five years longer than men. But why? Taking the pay gap aside, and the fact that women are more likely to work part-time and take time off for child-rearing… let’s…
What’s Your Dash Look Like?
MY NEIGHBOUR, ROMA, was 92 when she passed away. I was with her. Her final gift to me was the last smile that ever graced her face. An orphan, she worked as a domestic helper for six and a half days a week from when she was 13 until she was 28 years old. I…
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We’ve Reached Peak Wellness. Most of It Is Nonsense.
In Silicon Valley, techies are swooning over tarot-card readers. In New York, you can hook up to a “detox” IV at a lounge. In the Midwest, the Neurocore Brain Performance Center markets brain training for everything from ADHD, anxiety, and depression to migraines, stress, autism-spectrum disorder, athletic performance, memory, and cognition. And online, companies like Goop promote “8…
Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese Philosophy For a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Life is unpredictable. And that’s okay. Embrace it. When nothing is certain, everything is possible! Your plans for tomorrow, next month or next year may not unfold as you expect. But it’s important to make plans and move on. Landon Donovan once said, “Life isn’t perfect, of course, but we all know it’s how you…
The Mentor Program is Your Next Step
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The Bias That Can Cause Catastrophe
The outcome bias erodes your sense of risk and makes you blind to error, explaining everything from fatal plane crashes to the Columbia crash and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More here – BBC
What Really Happens When You Become an Overnight Millionaire?
Peter Rahal, the 33-year-old energy bar impresario who sold RxBar to Kellogg for $600 million and became something of a consumer products legend in the process, stands in the gigantic, spotless kitchen of his new Miami Beach mansion. Behind him, floor-to-ceiling windows revealed his pool, his outdoor bar, and Sunset Harbour. Throughout the house are…
