Are you good timber?
I look out on this oak tree to write most of my posts when I am not at the beach. This is my dressing room view. I have a small simple desk to write at and look out at its majesty. I sit here sometimes just watching the tree for ages in awe of thisContinue reading “Are you good timber?”
Listen, learn, grow
Thank you for the messages wishing me a speedy recovery. I am feeling a lot better than I did on Sunday. As a consequence of being ill I lost my voice so a perfect recipe to read and rest. Rested and ready to return to work, I want to write about the importance of listening.Continue reading “Listen, learn, grow”
Best Health Tip ever!
Street food, I believe is the saviour of the human race Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain wrote this many years ago. Mr Bourdain is sadly no longer with us, and thanks to his advice I might be soon catching up with him! Let’s go back 24 hours to Saturday night. I went with some friends toContinue reading “Best Health Tip ever!”
Certainty is absurd
It was Voltaire that wrote “Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it” Did you ever own a Blackberry? Most people did and if you owned one you could not have imagined losing it or replacing it with anything else. In the summer of 2009, BlackBerry occupied half of theContinue reading “Certainty is absurd”
My old notes found in a book margin
I found scribbles in a book this weekend. It seemed to not be related to the book so I can only think it was written while listening to a podcast. I can often write odd post it notes as I wait to board a plane or wait to deplane. The above picture is not thatContinue reading “My old notes found in a book margin”
Incerto Series; Fooled by randomness
I wanted to share a summary of a series of book written by the greatest living philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb. He created the Incerto series, which is 5 separately published books. Fooled by randomness, The black swan, the bed of procrustes and Anti Fragile. Anyway firstly I urge you to read fooled by randomness, inContinue reading “Incerto Series; Fooled by randomness”
There are four things we all need
Something to do Someone to love Something to believe in and lastly something to hope for Can you answer the list above? If so the you are well set and should be very happy. It doesn’t matter how good or bad you are, but it matters how good you want to be. Enjoy your weekendContinue reading “There are four things we all need”
We’re all alone in this together
That is the way it has been since the beginning. We have never had more or less than each other, that’s it. We need to realise that we are a social species and that is why we a have survived. We might well want to be on our own and work on our own andContinue reading “We’re all alone in this together”
Harry was right!
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry S. truman How apt that President Truman would say these words. Harry S Truman is sometimes called the accidental president. There is nothing accidental about the quote above. The ‘truest’ words I have read in a long time.Continue reading “Harry was right!”
Confirmation bias
There is a joke that goes something like: A few days ago I learnt what confirmation bias meant. Now I see it everywhere OK maybe I stick to writing. Where was I? Oh yes, I have always felt people are more comfortable to feel a person was born with certain talents. They are comforted thatContinue reading “Confirmation bias”
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