“What would our world look like if more people started projects, made a ruckus, and took risks?” This is the question that Seth Godin asks in his new book ‘Poke the Box’. It isn’t a lengthy read, it doesn’t have to be. It simply challenges us to realise that most of us are coasting and […]
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January 1st
December 31, 2010 
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We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. – Ellen Goodman
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December 9, 2010 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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October 29, 2010 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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June 22, 2010 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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