Is the voice in your head driving you fucking crazy?
When I was a kid there was a saying that speaking to yourself is the first sign of madness. I actually thought it was a truth, and so I concluded that I must definitely be mad because I spoke to…
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Rule #6
Two Prime Ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The resident Prime Minister admonishes him: “Peter,” he says, “kindly…
Money or the Box? How money alienates you from the things that matter, and what to do about it.
A few years ago a client of mine gave me a copy of a book called The High Price of Materialism. It’s written by a psychologist called Tim Kasser, and he spent many years studying the effects of “materialism” [money…
THE STORY OF THE RABBIT THAT GOT AWAY
A dog spotted a rabbit and started chasing him, but the rabbit got away. Seeing this, a goat stopped to gloat at the dog. “Too fast for you, wasn’t he?” he sneered. “Why are you surprised?” said the dog. “I…
WORK-LIFE. WHAT BALANCE?
Work-life balance: there is no distinction between ‘work’ and ‘life’ if your ‘work’ is as much a part of your ‘life’ as your ‘life’ is.