For F’s Sake Every morning, I experience moments of frustration, fear, fury and other emotions beginning with ‘f’. The combination of the family breakfast/getting dressed ritual – while simultaneously going through the day’s tasks – overloads my tiny brain. I know that I should be mindful, in the moment, and generally prioritizing things correctly, but I can’t […]
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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 – here’s how their
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I like to mess about. When it comes to most things in my life such as my finances, my family – you know, the important stuff – I like order, for things to be in their place, to have logic and predictability. Left brain stuff. But when it comes to anywhere you can be creative,
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The Technical Wizard – You’ve prepared a dazzling PowerPoint, Prezi or Keynote which will blow their socks off. However, you completely rely on it, so if there’s a technical fault, the audience doesn’t get a presentation. All socks remain firmly in place. The Rambler – You’ve prepared some great material, but you have too much of it and didn’t rehearse properly. You speak without any
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Just Play Along Educational games are sometimes not very good and a bit cringeworthy, rather like the word used to describe them: ‘edutainment’ (just typing that word makes me feel slightly uncomfortable). This can be because the fun has been compromised for the educational aspect. However, ‘gamification’ (shudder) is quite popular as a concept, and the goal
