In my everyday life, I’m fortunate I rarely come across assholes. I teach a class of foreigners who, whether I’m good at what I do or not, have some respect for me as the teacher. I also don’t have to work closely with other staff at work, and at most other times I keep to myself. So I don’t relate to what Stoic…
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This is Henry: Henry likes to do all the usual things. Like going to the park, the beach, or just hanging out at home The problem is for Henry to be a Good person –that is, living a truly ethical, moral and virtuous life– he has to do this, and only this: Sit. Don’t move. Don’t eat. And wait to…
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We tend to remember bad memories more than than the good ones… or they’re at least more vivid and more powerful. So when we swear and use cuss words do we subconsciously bring those memories back in our mind? Yeah, so there are good times, when the odd ‘Fuck yeah’ but without knowing it, does it bring back the connection…
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In this Illy song, Heard it All, he says, ‘Some claim, “Kick back, give it time”, others are like, “Hustle hard or it’ll slip by”.’ And that’s exactly it. People know how to do things like build subatomic proton particle accelerators, make bridges that don’t collapse, design exotic perfume fragrances that smell like fruit, and a heap of other stuff. But when…
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Fucked if I know. But I’d love to. I just want to know the basics about it. And I’d love love love to know everything about it. That’s not going to happen though, but I can definitely do the former. I’m doing this thing at the moment where I learn as much as I can in a week about something…
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Today, my wife and I took our dog, Chunky to Point Cartwright. It was drizzling on the way there and soon enough it started to come down heavily. (Sidenote: I love when it rains and I’m in a public place – not only do you, more times than not, end up having the place to yourself, but when you get…
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One of the reasons I started writing again was to learn about stuff I knew nothing about. So many times I haven’t asked the stupid question because I didn’t want to sound stupid. Malcolm Gladwell‘s dad had this thing when he would talk to someone who knew way more about a subject than he did. He wouldn’t pretend to know what…
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Back in 1906, people were worried about this: The caption read: These two figures are not communicating with one another. The lady receives an amatory message, and the gentleman some racing results. People romanticise the past. As if all people did in the past was sit around talking, totally present in each other’s company, never distracted. And kids do spend a…
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If you split your mind’s focus on two or more things or places at once, does that mean you’re processing or present in none? Is multitasking the way to fail? Trying to listen to a podcast while texting your friend… Checking emails while talking to your brother… Opening Chrome to find out why Picasso was so famous in the middle…
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The post I wrote here yesterday was crap. One of the reasons I started this blog was to improve my writing. I figure if you do something every day, every day, every day, without fail you get better at it. But yesterday’s post was some all-star bullshit. I meant it all, but pretty sure it was my writing here yet. Good writing is…