Can you fight? Can you be truly in the moment? The Shao Lin monks are devout, highly disciplined martial arts experts attempting to attain enlightenment. Their daily life may seem a million miles away from yours and your boring Powerpoint* presentation on Thursday, but – despite being in a very different situation to you – […]
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Are you afraid of speaking in front of a group? Don’t worry, so’s everyone else. In this recent Google Nexus 7 commercial, a shy young man called Evan investigates ‘glossophobia’ on his Google tablet, watches various powerful speeches, then delivers a speech in front of his class-mates, winning the girl, all thanks to the shiny hardware. I
Where do you find your inspiration for writing? It takes serious discipline to be able to quickly switch into the right frame of mind to produce good material. Apparently Sean Lock (an excellent comic, you may have seen him on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ or ‘QI’) used to separate ‘work’ from ‘home’ by leaving the
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Okay, Wednesday’s post ‘Yes, Be Childish‘ gave you the ‘what’, but not the ‘how’. So here it is: To be creative, you need to be unrestricted in your thoughts, and allow the child part of your mind absolute freedom. When you’ve created your idea, only then should you start thinking like an adult again, and
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I went to collect my son from his after-school sports club on Monday. As I approached the gate, I could see him and his friends; they appeared to be playing rounders. My son, apparently fielding, was spinning around, arms outstretched, and pretty oblivious to what was going on around him. Simultaneously, I had two mental
