Category: Inspiring Positive Simplicity
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The Power Of No
A friend recently recommended ‘Yes Man’ to me. It is a fantastic book and film in which the main character essentially says ‘yes’ to everything he is asked and lots of good things happen as a result. However, he also later learns that ’yes’ is not always the right answer. And this got me thinking…
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How To Have Enough
Can we be happy with little when we have come to expect nothing more than that? Perhaps we can also be miserable with plenty when we have been taught to expect and desire everything. Of course, it is also arguably more common that when we have little, we want more and that when we have…
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Ridicule Is Nothing To Be Scared Of
I recently fulfilled a childhood ambition to see Adam Ant in concert. I remember buying my first ever single ‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’ by Adam and the Ants and it was a huge (admittedly nostalgic) rush to see him after all this time. However it also made me think about why he was still…
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How The Universe Provides When You Least Expect It
Have you ever woken up and had a huge list of things to get done and very little inclination to do them? This morning, I did. However, after a coffee full of procrastination, I eventually got on with things. On my way to the drycleaners, I bumped into an old friend who I hadn’t seen…
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A Little Salt Is Good For You
I’ve been watching “Rick Stein’s Spain” recently and have enjoyed his exuberance and passion for Spain and its simply prepared food. One example was a recipe for a local fish which was grilled with a little salt. And that was it. Rick’s face was joyous on trying this seemingly simple dish. It got me thinking…
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Do It And Enjoy It
What do you like doing? Really like doing? Reading in your favourite coffee shop? Skiing? Whitewater rafting? Lying on a beach? Going to the gym? Working? Gardening? Spending time with your family? Life can be short. So whatever it is, make time for it, do it and really enjoy it…
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How To Get More Done By Doing Less
On a train journey recently, I noticed a man was simultaneously: – looking out of the window at the scenery – listening to music on headphones – reading a magazine – sending/receiving texts on his phone How many of these things do you think he really focused on and got the most from? I bet he…
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Keep On Keepin’ On
So what do Abraham Lincoln and Curtis Mayfield have in common? Other than being American icons for supporting human rights in very different arenas, they also both passionately believed in continuing whatever you do until you’ve done it. Abraham Lincoln said “I do the best I know how, the very best I can and…
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The Shoemaker’s Kids
Are you good at something? Maybe you don’t think so, but others do. Maybe you do it for a living or maybe it’s something you love doing in your spare time. Maybe you love it so much you want to make it your career or your living one day. Whatever it is. One way or…
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Give Yourself Unto The Moment
James Dean once said ‘Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.’ Perhaps that is a tad melodramatic and romantic in its extremity, however the essential point is very real. Think for a moment if one day you woke up and overnight, a miracle had taken place that would have given…
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Your Future Is Your Future
Your future is your future. Your past is your past. Your future is not your past. You may suddenly be thinking why on earth am I discussing English grammar on a blog about life, simplicity and the universe! Well, the reality is that I regularly meet people who base what is going to happen in their lives…
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If Only…
‘If only I had more time’ is surely one of the most over-used expressions in 21st century society. It seems that people are often prevented from doing things they want to do because they don’t have time. So imagine for a moment that it were you saying ‘if only I had more time’ to do what…
I Am Away From The Noise 