“Think less, Do more” These words on the cover of a colleague’s notebook made us both stop to think. So we played around with them. What if we changed them to: “Think more, Do less” Hmm, the thinking element felt right, but not the doing. So how about: “Focus your thinking, Do the right thing” Yes, we both liked… Read More Do it right . . .
According to the Pew Research Centre, around 90% of 16-29 year olds use social networking sites, and 77% of them own a smartphone. Yet nearly half of them report “reading a book – in any format – on a daily basis.” So apps and games and videos and messaging and surfing haven’t quite caused a… Read More Great news . . .
Tim Smit is co-founder of the Eden Project. I read that when in the middle of setting up this now famous visitor attraction in Cornwall, the project’s chairman asked him to share his management plans. Spending a hurried weekend writing them down, he came up with some rules. Golden-threaded through them are themes which I… Read More Analyse that . . .
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken“ Warren Buffet
Actor David Oyelowo spoke ahead of performing in Othello with Daniel Craig in New York, 10 years since he’d last performed on stage: “It’s always nerve-wracking being on stage – that’s partly why you do it. I am always looking for opportunities to scare myself, to challenge myself – that’s the way you become better… Read More Opportunity awaits . . .
“Who cannot escape his prison but must each day rebuild it” Karen Solie Spiral, The Living Option
“If I had to do it again I would travel lighter If I had my life to live over, I would start bare foot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall I would go to more dances I would ride more merry-go- rounds I would pick more daisies” Nadine Stair
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife has given him a warning (BBC News, 14/10/16) . . . The First Lady has told him that she might not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government. It seems she believes that her president husband “does not know” most of the top officials he has… Read More Where real power lies . . .
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could” Zig Ziglar
“If I can have honesty, it’s easier to overlook mistakes.” Captain James T Kirk
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