Yesterday was a lesson. Whether you choose to learn from it or to ignore it is entirely in your gift. This choice is a miracle of life.
Category: thoughts
David Ogilvy’s genius: Of great writing, giants and Russian dolls
David Ogilvy was the advertising genius of the 20th Century. He was also generous in sharing his wisdom on the art of writing.
Momentum rules the world
Andre Agassi’s Open is a stunning book about tennis, self-destruction and the struggle to get out of your own way and make positive, lasting change.
Against prejudice
We can never take equality for granted. Any progress towards equality is always at risk of being reversed. We must be vigilant against prejudice, always.
Moment of crisis, moment of truth
Moments of crisis show you the world as it is, and offer you the opportunity to change.
How to make purposeful change
You are changing every moment of your life, whether you like it or not. But purposeful change is different. You can choose to change something – or everything – in your life.
Jeremy Beadle, the unlikely Grateful Dead festival promoter
Unlikely but true: 1980s UK TV type Jeremy Beadle helped organise and promote the 1972 Bickershaw festival, featuring the Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Donovan and more.
The white-hot space
When you are on a winning streak, there will inevitably come a moment when you are not. Once you’re out of that white-hot space, how do you adapt to life on the other side?
The most beautiful gift
Your life is the most beautiful gift. You are free to do with this gift as you will.
Time to drop the act?
In Groundhog Day, Ned Ryerson is the biggest irritant to Bill Murray’s character Phil Conners. So how best to deal with the Neds in your life? There is both a way out and a potential perfect outcom
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