http://youtu.be/VeN1JESI3pI The importance of special shared moments and true connection We spend so much of our day searching, persuading, convincing, giving and receiving – like single-minded robots we are only interesting in completing the transactions we have started, and quickly. … Read More
The Art of Choice #7
Would you rather be the chess player – the master of choice or JUST a chess piece on the board of life? When we’re at the centre of our universe – making self promoting choices and designing our reality – … Read More
Fight or Flight response – friend or foe?
http://youtu.be/fDVE2sZVKaY This omnipresent emotional response is universally shared by everyone in one way or another. You can learn how to harness this useful resource by simply using your imagination in a more meaningful way. Listen and follow the principles of … Read More
Cultural Provocateur – whats it all about then?
“Your mission is not to sedate, but to awaken, to disturb, to communicate, to command, to instigate, and even to provoke.” These are the words of George Lois, a hero of mine. Not only a remarkable business man, ad man … Read More
The Art of Choice #6
What is it that we want in this world more than anything? We are born with a genetic blueprint that drives us to connect with the outside world and we do this very effectively. Mirror neurons in the brain mean … Read More
Knowing your inner child – a letter by Ted Hughes to his son
Ive been writing and talking about the relationships and conflicts within for awhile, the connect between the conscious and unconscious, the rational and irrational, the practical and emotional pieces of who we are. A wonderful metaphor to understand and work … Read More
The Art of Choice #5
Knowing Myself: Once we can accept the responsibility for ourselves and accept that we are on a journey, that we don’t have all the answers yet, then we can start to delve deeper into the Art of Choice. The first … Read More
Walking east London #1
Things that are meditative – walking, playing and mindfulness. Put them together and my next section is born. I love to walk and explore! Most of us walk quickly and with purpose, to work, on our break, to the bank … Read More
There are no new ideas – just the humble task of admiration and remembrance
“If there were no eternal consciousness in a man, if at the bottom of everything there were only a wild ferment, a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything great or inconsequential; if an unfathomable, insatiable emptiness lay hid … Read More