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There Comes a Point in Your Life …

December 9, 2010 by alistairmilne 0 Comments

“There comes a point in your life when you realize: Who matters, Who never did, Who won’t anymore, And who always will. So, don’t worry about people from your past, there’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.” — Adam Lindsay Gordon

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127 Hours

October 29, 2010 by alistairmilne 0 Comments

During a day hike in Blue John Canyon near Moab, Utah, an 800-pound boulder pinned Aron Ralston’s right forearm to the canyon wall, crushing it. A rescue was unlikely because he had neglected to inform anyone of his whereabouts. After five days of trying to lift and break the boulder, a dehydrated and delirious Ralston [...]

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Afraid to Fail

June 22, 2010 by alistairmilne 0 Comments

Why do we become more afraid of failure as we grow up? Had we given up as children after the first failure none of us would speak, walk or tie our own shoe laces! Why aren’t adults as happy to iteratively learn from mistakes? There is a famous experiment where teams of adults were asked [...]

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Our Deepest Fear

May 12, 2010 by alistairmilne 0 Comments

A passage from the book ‘A Return to Love’ by Marianne Williamson: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, [...]

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Psalm 35

April 1, 2010 by alistairmilne 0 Comments

I am not a religious person, but I liked this when I read it in a book. It was given by a Vicar to a SAS soldier who had been tortured in Iraq. I am sure all of us can relate to it in some small way, I certainly can! Psalm 35 (King James Version): [...]

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