Certainty is not an indication of truth.
28th March 2025 How many times have you been 100% certain about something, only to find out you were wrong? For me, it’s probably five times a day. I’m certain about all kinds of things that turn out to be wrong: how long something is going to take to get done… what kind of project […]
Regret Minimization Framework
27th March 2025 Sometimes you have to make hard decisions in life. Maybe you have to decide whether you should quit your job and start your own business, end a relationship or maybe move to another country. Big decisions like that are the ones you have to make completely by yourself. You are the one […]
‘FOPO’ – Fear of other People’s Opinion
21st March 2025 Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinion. Don’t worry about the opinions of the crowd.. The two big mistakes everyone makes in life are: Worrying about what other people think about you and Believing that other people think about you in the first place. We aren’t really afraid of failure, we […]
The Nova Effect
20th March 2025 The Nova Effect is a term coined by psychologists Richard Wiseman & Daniel Gilbert to describe the psychological phenomenon of a decline in happiness following good fortune. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘Tragedy of Good Luck.’ The concept is rooted in the idea that people become accustomed to the good […]
A ‘Stop doing It List’
13th May 2024 Most of us have a ‘To Do List.’ When I was a younger, I actually, ran my entire life by one. Everything was written down and I lived off this list with military-grade precision. It wasn’t much fun, but it was a great reminder & I did get a lot done. The […]
‘21 Day No Complaint Challenge’
4th May 2024 I recently read a book that already feels like it is starting to change my life – ‘A Complaint-Free World,’ by Will Bowen. The premise of this book focuses on completing a 21-day challenge in which complaining is prohibited and every time you slip, you start all over again. Many, if not […]
‘Believe You Can!!’
2nd May 2024 A businessman was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something […]
‘Are you taking action?’
30th April 2024 The Harsh Truth is, that there is someone out there, way less qualified than you, living the life you want, achieving the things you want, simply because they took action, and you didn’t. We live in the golden age of information. Everything is freely accessible at the touch of a button. But […]
‘The 1-in-60 Rule’
26th April 2024 On March 28, 1979, a sightseeing flight crashed into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all of the 279 people on board. An investigation determined that the crew had not been informed of a two-degree correction made to the plane’s flight path the night before, causing the plane’s navigation system to route them […]
‘The Elephant Rope’
25th April 2024 “Once there was a woman who was passing by some huge elephants, who were only secured by a tiny rope. She asked the trainer, “Why are they tied to such a tiny rope, won’t they just break free?” The trainer smiled and explained, when these elephants were just little babies, we used […]