On want – Dave Martin | Sports. Music. Culture. Every day.

What’s your dream? Imagine never realising it. What’s your goal? Imagine never achieving it. Who do you love? Imagine they left you (or died). What are you grateful for? Imagine you lost it all. – If the worst came to the worst… (& The Philosophy of: The School of Life)What’s your dream? Imagine never realising it. What’s your goal? Imagine never achieving it. Who do you love? Imagine they left you (or died). What are you grateful for? Imagine you lost it all. – If the worst came to the worst… (& The Philosophy of: The School of Life)

July 31, 2018| Dave|

It may not be useful, or a life worth living, if you go about your usual day imagining the worst is going to happen. That sounds like a bullshit kind

Is it possible to want what you have? And… is it possible to even not feel desire at all? For the feeling of want to become a feeling impossible to feel or understand?Is it possible to want what you have? And… is it possible to even not feel desire at all? For the feeling of want to become a feeling impossible to feel or understand?

April 3, 2018| Dave|

‘Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.’ – Seneca the Younger Humans may not be around today if we hadn’t been so ambitious to want more.

Saying ‘No’ not only makes you stronger but leads to higher self-worthSaying ‘No’ not only makes you stronger but leads to higher self-worth

November 4, 2017| Dave|

When you’re tempted to have that one extra slice of pizza, one more Timtam or just one more beer, it’s a perfect time to test your inner strength and say

That goal or thing or milestone… do you want it, or do you WANT TO WANT it?That goal or thing or milestone… do you want it, or do you WANT TO WANT it?

July 31, 2017| Dave|

Last week, I had this conversation with one of English students, who needs to rapidly improve his English to pass an upcoming exam: Student: ‘My brother is an English teacher