I’m sure that you remember the phrase ‘Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never harm me” from childhood, I know I certainly do. But is it true? Or is it one of those pieces of old-time nonsense that appears to be wise at first glance, but when you dig a bit […]

On Tuesday I spent 2 hours on the phone with Apple tech support. I have had similar problems now stretching back almost 6 months and across 2 different computers, including a brand new one. In that time I have probably spent 20 hours with support and I’m no nearer solving the issue than when I […]

The human brain is a weird and wonderful thing. It’s both incredibly smart and incredibly dumb, often at the same time. One of it’s major flaws is the way it sees itself and judges its inabilities and abilities because it can get things hopelessly wrong. And I do mean hopelessly wrong. Here are 7 ways […]

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Let me cut to the chase and answer the question posed in the title of this post, just so you’re under no illusion. Yes you have, and so have I. Pretty much everybody (at least in first world countries) is brainwashed to a certain extent. Unfortunately the word is frequently misunderstood and usually applied to […]

Thousands of people world wide will have lost loved ones over the holidays. I spent half an hour chatting with a Filipino barman on our cruise ship just recently who lost a brother-in-law during Typhoon Haiyan. A brother-in-law who had 2 kids, a mother living with him and was the sole bread winner for the […]

In my last post ‘8 Secrets To The Psychology of Winning’ I talked about experiencing high levels of stress at the beginning of my recent vacation. It was totally unexpected and I think it was that unexpectedness that made matters worse. As somebody who has dealt with GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) for more than 4 […]