Category: Inspiring Positive Simplicity
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Show Me The HONY
If you haven’t heard about it, Humans Of New York is is a fantastic page with daily photographs and interviews showing humanity across the globe. It’s beautiful and inspiring stuff. Like this… He makes me want to know about little things, so that I can teach him. Like when we sit by this lake, I…
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Which Language Do You Need?
In a world of misunderstanding and miscommunication, what’s more frequent? – you say what you want to say how you want to say it? – people understand what they think you are saying? – people understand what you want to say? In the same way that rose-tinted spectacles give some people a sunnier, though some…
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That’s Your Lot
You must accept what you have in your life. It’s your lot. – No, it isn’t. You must accept what you don’t have in your life. It’s your lot. – No, it isn’t. – To accept what you want in your life. – To change what you want in your life. – That’s your lot…
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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
I’ve just seen the first Christmas decorations of the year in a couple of local shops and so, it looks like the festive season has begun in late October… Either way, this time gets me thinking about lots of people buying presents for family and friends for what can be one of the loveliest times of…
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I Don’t Want To Make A Fuss
In a restaurant earlier this week, I overheard the people on the table next to me complaining about the food not being hot enough. A few minutes later mid-meal when the waiter asked if everything was okay, they said ‘Fine thanks’ and then, when he was out of earshot, they got back to their complaining.…
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How Einstein Can Help You Get What You Want
I was reminded this morning of a time in London when I saw a man trying to get through the ticket barrier at an Underground station. Nothing unusual in that perhaps, however I noticed him because he wasn’t just swiping his Oyster travelcard to get through, he seemed to be repeatedly and increasingly agitatedly, hitting it…
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What Are You Going To Do Next?
In a coffee shop last week, a friend was chatting to another about her current job – “I’m so fed up where I am. I’ve been there for five years, I haven’t been promoted and nothing’s going to change. What can I do?” Her friend duly listened supportively and offered options such as “Why don’t…
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Different People, Same Values
I’ve just had a business meeting and it was a lovely experience. How often can you say that? After many years in meetings where everybody was motivated by the bottom line or more often than not, perpetuating the vicious and unproductive circle of keeping their line managers happy for an ‘easy life’, it was so…
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Why Should I? I Don’t Want To
‘Why should I? I don’t want to!’ said a teenage girl protesting to her mother earlier today in a shopping centre. It looked like they were clothes shopping for the daughter. Maybe the mother wanted to get something that the girl didn’t think was cool enough. Hardly an unusual situation perhaps but it got me…
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Keep It Simple
Earlier today, I was in the park listening to an album I haven’t played in ages. From beginning to end. Just listening. Not doing anything else. Not that unusual you may think, but I can’t remember the last time I did that without the distraction of my phone, Facebook, Twitter, going online or all the…
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How To Make Space In Your Life
Like many people with addicitions, I can’t leave my smartphone alone for a second and am always on social media, reading/writing blogs, reading news, checking out places to visit, tweeting and taking photos. So last week when my phone kept insisting there was no more space to take any more photos, I had to make…
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The Pros & Cons Of Being Different
How do you drive a car? You get in and just go, don’t you? Without even thinking. It’s almost second-nature. Simples! However, not everyone has the same attitude or the same ability towards driving. For some, it’s a challenging skill to master. People often play down their own skills and achievements and yet, it is…
I Am Away From The Noise 