Apparently the quote “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step” has been incorrectly interpreted. While the meaning we have – “Even a huge task can be broken into achievable parts” – the original meaning was “A huge action must be preceded by stillness.” I think taking time for a mental break […]
I watched Kick-Ass 2 last night, a violent movie about revenge and being a hero without powers. Now I know I write a lot about heroes (see also my post ‘Heroics‘) and how you can take inspiration from them, but this post’s different. Well, slightly. Let’s get to it: The protagonist in the ‘Kick-Ass’ movies
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For the last few months my laptop has been excruciatingly slow. However, I’ve just made the whole experience of using it a joy of slippery smooth speediness by deleting a load of files, uninstalling programs and generally stripping away all the unnecessary stuff that’s accumulated over the past year. You can apply the same approach to any
The Joker can beat Batman. How can this be? Batman has intelligence, ruthlessness, physical training and gadgets. The Joker has no gadgets or physical training, but in most of the stories is Batman’s equal. I think it’s because he has something over Mr. Wayne, and that’s the wonderful villain’s quality of: Unpredictability. If I’m listening to a story,
You want to be fearless. You want to step out onto that stage with absolute confidence (that’s the word I meant). So what’s the one way to gain true confidence for public speaking and presentations? Well, here’s the bad news:There isn’t one, quick, simple thing that will allow you to reach that goal.(See Seth Godin’s
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