I’m grateful for the little opportunities that life presents each day to see the inner workings of my mind. It’s often not a pretty sight, since I’m aware of habitual thoughts that are negative! Maybe, some retraining of habitual thoughts is needed. I was about to go across the city to an appointment, on one of …
In Victor Frankl’s book, “Man’s search for Meaning”, speaking about his experiences in a concentration camp during WWII, he highlights a profound truth saying, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances”. Meaningful Work has a deep importance …
Like cake, the recipe for Work you Love has some essential ingredients you need to put in otherwise it’s dry, bland and difficult to stomach! But to bake your best cake, you need to know which ingredients to put in and how to combine them to create a stunningly satisfying, delicious cake that people won’t …
Seems like an old acquaintance that you’d long forgotten about has turned up to the party – Uncertainty. And she seems to have most people quaking in their boots. We really struggle with facing uncertainty in a healthy way. How is it that we experience her so negatively? Does it have to be this way? Perhaps …
The beginning of the year is replete with expectation of changes, resolutions, new hopes and dreams. You’re definitely not wondering how you can waste another year of your life. However, by now maybe some are already flagging. The Lo-jong is a mind training practice from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Based on a set of 59 …
The final countdown It’s the turn of a new year, even a new decade! Years, which as I get older, I’m finding are flying by even quicker! These days, a year seems to last only a fraction of the time it lasted in the past! As it draws to a close, I’m reflecting how it …
I had a bit of inspiration in the shower the other morning! Funny, how it seems to show up in the morning when I least expect it. Perhaps it’s playing hide and seek with me, hiding behind the shower curtain ready to pounce when I least expect it. I mean, when I’m trying hard to …
How do you navigate in life? What direction are you heading in? How did you decide? Do you really know what’s important to you? Is your direction something you took time to reflect on deeply and decided upon consciously? Or were you cast in a mould, turned out, plugged in, given a little nudge and …
“Choices are the hinges of destiny”, is a quote by Edwin Markham. The meaning the author is pointing to is that, choices make destiny. So, if our choices create our destiny, a question you might want to consider is: how do you decide? In the process of creating something new, say a business venture, there …
Meaning of Flow – What is Flow? The definition of flow state, in positive psychology, known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energised focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. But …
