A few years ago I watched Pay It Forward, a movie from the year 2000 based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde. While the movie probably could have been improved upon in it’s delivery of the theme, the concept of paying it forward is really intriguing. The basic premise of the movie is as [...] Read more »
Does integrity count for anything?
credit: Vincepal I’ve often thought of integrity in fairly broad terms. “Doing what is right” for instance, or “having high moral standards”. On reflection, I guess it is and it isn’t. Let me ask you this – is integrity important in your life? How high does it rank? When you think of the concept of [...] Read more »
What do you believe?
credit: *L*u*z*a* lack of inspiration I’ve always been interested in the meanings behind song lyrics. Songs that make you think, or songs that tell a story as they unfold seem to be a lot more interesting than those that are highly repetitive or have fairly shallow lyrics. One song in particular that has always [...] Read more »
Finding the will to change your life
credit: johnnyalive From time to time I have a look at my blog stats. How people found me, how many people visited on a particular day, how many went “ooh yuk!” in under 10 seconds – stuff like that! (Side note – I used to be a compulsive stats viewer, checking every couple hours [...] Read more »
So you’ve heard it all before? Part 4: What Next?
credit: Chris Gin This is part 4 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before? 1: Gratitude 2: Confidence 3: Destiny 4. What Next? This short series touched on three key areas that are important to revisit from time to time: Gratitude: “A powerful aspect of gratitude is service [...] Read more »
So you’ve heard it all before? Part 3: Destiny
credit: Faithful Chant This is part 3 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before? 1: Gratitude 2: Confidence 3: Destiny 4. What Next? This short series began after I attended a school awards night. One of the speeches was on confidence, and the material presented was not exactly [...] Read more »
So you’ve heard it all before? Part 2: Confidence
credit: Son of Groucho This is part 2 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before? 1: Gratitude 2: Confidence 3: Destiny 4. What Next? This short series began after I attended a school awards night. One of the speeches was on confidence, and the material presented was not [...] Read more »
So you’ve heard it all before? Part 1: Gratitude
credit: bigibigi This is part 1 of a four part series titled So You’ve Heard It All Before? 1: Gratitude 2: Confidence 3: Destiny 4. What Next? This short series began after I attended a school awards night. One of the speeches was on confidence, and the material presented was not exactly new. [...] Read more »
Q&A with Leo Babauta of Zen Habits: Success
credit: ePi.Longo Today I was fortunate enough to be part of a four hour question and answer session with Leo Babauta from one of my favourite blogs, Zen Habits. Zen Habits (as if you haven’t heard of it!) is a very successful site that covers topics like achieving goals, productivity, being organized, motivation, eliminating [...] Read more »
How to be a skeptic
I know a guy who’s a bit of a jokester. He often comes out with wild, unbelievable statements but does it in such a deadpan serious kind of way that most people’s response is, “really? Wow, I never knew that!” Then when his face breaks into a grin, you realise that you’ve just been had! [...] Read more »
