It is Valentine’s Day today, in case you had not noticed.

What with all this media hype and commercial overkill, you must have been living in a cocoon for a few days not to have noticed that it is the time of the year where a lot of normally sane people go out and spend a fortune on flowers etc for their loved ones.

I am all for celebrating love- and everyday too and not just on 14th February. It is just the commercialisation of the day that doesn’t sit well with me. It also plays on people’s insecurities around being single and pressurises couples to go out and do something.

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As we all try to improve our lives and the world around us, it is important to remember that the littlest things make the biggest difference. So often we look for the big act or the largest perceived reward before doing anything.

Here is a famous story called “An Elf’s Tale” by Tyree Dillingham. Though it has a christmas flavour to it, the story has universal appeal. Enjoy.

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I recently wrote about how the human touch was so vital in networking.

On a related theme, a while ago I was interviewed for a magazine article about how to be popular. Here are my tips on how to do just that:-

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What a wonderful picture!

I bet it brought a smile to your face
I have featured it here for that very reason - we all need to smile much more. And what better way to get us all smiling than a funny and genuinely warm picture from the animal world?

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One of my recurring themes lately is that there comes a time for all of us to take a stand and push for what you believe in. It was this mind set that allowed me to recently launch my car stickers to encourage drivers to refrain from using their mobile phones whilst driving.

For me, it was time to take a stand and get drivers to zap their phone and not a child.

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Like a lot of people around the world today at 11.11 GMT, I sat quietly and meditated as part of the worldwide Fire the Grid project.

The idea was to bring about worldwide positive change through the consciousness of like minded people meditating and reflecting for an hour at that time.
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It is Friday the 13th!

In many cultures, a Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck. This is especially so amongst English, German, Polish and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe.

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As most of the developed world gets ready for the Easter break, spare a thought for those to whom today is just another day in a struggle for survival and progress. For a lot of children, an Easter chocolate bunny is only a fantasy.

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It has been another beautiful Spring day here in London - and it seems like we are in for another scorching summer. At least the infamous dull weather in London has been changed thanks to global warming. So perhaps global warming is not so bad after all:-)

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All of us have a tiger in us - we just have to let it come out!

Though we may be floating through life like a butterfly, all of us can become powerful and take charge of our lives.

The tiger has been my favourite animal ever since I saw one majestically glide through the air in an Esso (Exxon) tv commercial.

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