Something I feel passionately about is people and companies doing the “right” thing. Recently I have been hearing a lot about financial institutes and the underhand way in which more and more consumers are being drawn into spiralling debts. We all seem to...
Every now and then, I receive one of those chain emails which you are supposed to pass on etc. I normally ignore them but sometimes there is a lot of wisdom in these messages. Here is one that I received recently which is all about making things happen and how it is...
Here is a great idea and tool to help you make things happen, from my friend Albert Foong at The Urban Monk. Do check out his blog soon – his is one of the few inspirational blogs I visit regularly It is a deceptively simple yet powerful method to reinforce positive...
I came across the above image again recently after first seeing it many years ago when a friend shared how much we all had to offer the world. His point was that we only ever look at a person at a superficial level but when we take some time to get to know them...
A few years ago, I was attending a company annual gathering of managers and the managing director (same as president in the USA) made a rousing speech to get us all inspired and motivated for the coming year. We had just been bought out by another company and there...
I have set myself some challenging goals between now and the end of the year. For example I want to be conversational in Spanish and perhaps visit Barcelona in December to practice what I have learnt. I have already obtained some easy Spanish learning CDs and am...
A while ago I wrote in detail about living with an attitude of gratitude. Gratitude is a way of reaching back to our natural state of happiness. You get to notice what’s right instead of what’s wrong and begin to see every “problem” as an opportunity for growth and...
October is Fair Trade Month in the USA. Other countries such as the UK have a Fair Trade fortnight every February. The idea of such events is to make more people aware of the impact they can make through their purchasing power. I have written at length before about...
Yesterday was a momentous day for me. I finally closed a long running, costly and draining legal saga after 11 years. I realised it was time to stop going around in circles and move on. In 1996 I discovered that my parents house was subsiding and it was a real battle...
I took the above image at the peace march yesterday in London. Having posted the image on Facebook and received some positive feedback, I thought it would be useful to share it with the wider world. Let this candle be a sign of the peace to come.
