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Living And Coping With Regret

July 16, 2009

Part Two of my response to Brian’s question deals with the issue of living with regret. What has taken hold, is that I’ve become sure I will always be sad about losing the family we had and how it’s taken so much from kids. I can’t imagine in any new life, not feeling the weight [...]

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Depression Is A Natural Response To The World

April 23, 2009

James and Joe were making a pilgramage to worship a small town on the other side of the mountain.  Joe was leaving three days before James.  They said their goodbyes and arranged to meet at the hotel they were staying in.  

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Money And Stress: My Personal Conflict

March 6, 2009

Following on from the last post of why so much free stress information, I’m now going to detail the next stage of the story.

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The Power Of Human Rituals

February 25, 2009

I hate routine. I seriously hate routine.  My whole being screams at any inkling of restriction.  And being organised or routinely following rituals, by their nature, means excluding choices and options.  

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Ego Management And Integrity

February 9, 2009

I’ve noticed that after I’ve written a post it takes about two or three days before most people have had a chance to read it and comment.  Sometimes there’s comments up earlier, but I don’t like to reply to them too soon.  

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What Goal Are You Really Striving For?

February 3, 2009

Following on from our examination of what hero do you most admire and what makes a hero we’ll look at what our choice of Hero tells us something about ourselves. 

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You Can’t Quit

January 16, 2009

Recently talking about stress management training I made the point that it doesn’t matter how hard it seems, you can’t live a happy life without taking the time to develop your ability to deal with stress.  You just don’t have the choice. Today something has inspired me to revisit that topic, but to emphasis it [...]

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Is Freedom A Double Edged Sword?

July 28, 2008

I don’t always get a chance to reply to comments, but I always read them as they come in. As you are reading what I have written, I’m working on the next installment. I’m developing new materials, planning ahead and going about my normal working and family life.

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Practising Happiness: Why Is It So Hard To Live What We Know?

May 23, 2008

This post about practicing happiness is the second point raised in Brian’s questions. The question of how to apply what you know. I talked a while back about the 10,000 hour principle. The idea that to become a true expert at something takes 10,000 hours of practice. That’s true in every area of life.

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My Biggest Regret And Your Biggest Opportunity

May 1, 2008

Sometimes I’ve been asked ‘what my biggest regret is’. I used to think I didn’t regret. I’m not the sort of person to look back. Perhaps there is a mild feeling of regret that particularly in my past business, that I allowed myself to be talked out of strategies that instinctively I knew were right, [...]

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