Hero to Zero?
When our children are little, they usually hold their fathers in a state of awe. They admire our strength, our power and authority, and want to spend as much time with us as they can. They are excited...
What if?…
Adults usually ask the question "what if?" from a negative, defensive or critical perspective. The question is meant probe the potential harm in an action we are considering. The problem with this is ...
Blind Rage and the erosion of empathy
You'd have to be living under a rock not to have noticed the crescendo of rage and violence infiltrating all levels of our society lately, despite living in the safest, most nutritious, medically acce...
The Dark Triad and female sexual attraction
The Dark Triad is a set of traits that are often screened for in business promotion, law enforcement and counselling, as a way to identify and steer clear from potentially harmful individuals. They ar...
Bear the Unbearable.
Inspirational quotes for when you can't go on any more
How to Stop Worrying
In this video I summarise the key chapters of Dale Carnegie's best selling book: How to stop worrying and start living; originally published in 1948.Carnegie is best known for his classic best sel...
The Five Levels of Personality by Brian Tracy
Extract from Brian Tracy's book:Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible You can imagine your personality by thinking of a target wit...
21 Life Lessons from the myth of the 12 Labours of Heracles
The ancient Greeks never just told a story for the sake of it, even if it was primarily to explain the existence of some natural phenomenon, like a mountain range, a constellation or even human behavi...
Seeing old books through new eyes
I loved reading Jules Verne's books when I was a child. He was the original Sci-Fi writer, or perhaps more a futurist, like Isaac Asimov a century later.He gave rise to the Steampunk genre, but hi...
Budgeting tips for when you’re at Rock Bottom
Scott Pape is one of Australia's best known money advisors, having helped many thousands of people lift themselves up from financial despair to freedom, through his book "The Barefoot Investor"In ...