What does courage mean to you? Perhaps you think of someone facing serious illness or death with grace and acceptance. Or a public example like Malala perhaps, the Pakistani activist for female education. Or school girl Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist who recently addressed the United Nations This month sees the 30th anniversary of…
How grateful a person are you?
What are you most grateful for this week? When you think about the week just passed, how much of the time was your focus positive, and how often negative? What we focus on and fill our minds with hugely influences our thoughts about ourselves, our lives, and others. There are twin laws at work here:…
Practicing being present
It is an oft-quoted statistic that it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill. This hypothesis was popularised by Malcolm Gladwell in his book ‘Outliers’, where he was referring to work by psychologist K Anders Ericsson. Gladwell’s argument is that with enough consistent practicing and effort, anyone can become an expert in a new…