Why write?

The world is full of books, papers, journals and now, web sites. 
Q. What sort of a fool would say that we need more? 
A. The sort of fool who is sick of seeing the same copy-cat writing produced over and over again.  Can’t we do better than that?
The trap is that we believe that there is […]

Consumption vs Production - you are what you eat

Most of us live in highly advanced communities.  We live and die with technology, speed and precision that seems to distance us from the rest of our world’s plants and animals.  This is exacerbated by the fact that approximately half of us live in dense cities.  We are much more likely to exist without obvious relationships with  plants […]

Consumption- taking lives since 4000BC

Consumption was historically the term used for the disease we know as Tuberculosis.  It was called this because it was (and still is) a terrible disease that seems to consume people from within.  How ironic, that consumption as we know it today, does exactly the same thing. 
Today when we use the word consumption we are talking about […]

Contrarian living

 
Contrarian investing is all about buying when others are selling and selling when the world is buying.  It is all about timing and swimming against the stream.  This can be a useful strategy for investors with courage, but I believe that it can also revolutionize other areas of your life.
Consider Contrarian Career development.  Most people guide their careers by […]

If your life was for sale would you buy it?

 
Location, location, location - Bargain hunters take note.  Foreclosure forces sale of perfect Fixer-upper.  Run down, but with plenty of potential.  In need of TLC.  Apply with in.  Price on Application
When you buy something like a house, you are faced with a mass of different choices.  You are forced to decide what is most important […]

Pride comes before a fall

I ride bikes a lot, and I love it.  I ride in all conditions, in all places, for all sorts of reasons.  I consider myself a fast rider, but a safe one.  I have never sustained life threatening injuries from a crash and I have never lost a limb or even a finger after falling.  […]

Another book that wrecked my day.

Today is a public holiday in my part of the world.  We are celebrating “Sports Day” but by chance, today is my day off training so I spent the afternoon on the couch with a copy of  A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.  I won’t spoilt he story as I know how much that […]

You can’t ace it all the time

Think back to your school days and I’m sure you’ll remember someone who seemed to be good at everything.  They were fast on the track, played in a band, made 1st grade teams, aced their exams and also managed to be popular with the girls or boys.  Maybe this was you, maybe you just watched […]

Good news comes in three’s

I hope you have heard the old saying Bad News Always Comes in Three’s.  I hope, also, that you have seen through its logic.
The story works like this:

You receive some bad news, and file it in your memory
Shortly afterwards, you receive another piece of bad news and file this in your memory. 
All of the sudden alarm […]

Useless Passions

Most of my life is deliberate, productive, rational and efficient.  I decide what I will do, by how much it helps me towards my goals and objectives.  Will I see benefits professionally, socially, economically, ethically, spiritually?  These are the sort of criteria that I judge most of my actions by.  However there are some actions […]