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…
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…
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 balance: there is no distinction between ‘work’ and ‘life’ if your ‘work’ is as much a part of your ‘life’ as your ‘life’ is.
The bumblebee is not supposed to fly. Its body is too heavy and its wing span is too small. And yet it flies.
