“Personality is bogus, individuality is substantial. Personality is just a facade, individuality is your truth.” – Osho. It’s technically hard to create a personality that is faster, more just, smarter, more vibrant and more articulate than the people around you. But it’s emotionally easy to try. It’s technically easy to be more of your true...
Momento mori is a latin term that translates as “remember, that you will die.” Seems like a dark note to start off with… but perhaps we can reframe it with a little more possibility. My time here is finite. So, if I’m going to live fully in this life, it’s surely going to start with...
“Every human is an artist. The dream of. your life is to make beautiful art.” Don Miguel Ruiz What stops us from creating our art? If our art can be in our business and our relationships, what’s holding us back from this dream? Is it strategy? Is it needing a template? Is it we need more...
Your “draft” is that piece of work that hasn’t been published, or hasn’t yet been released out into the world. You might have one or two, or, you might have two hundred. Being a “draft” is an interesting state, because from here, there are two options. The “draft” can either progress, be published and set...
All heart and no spine and we can feel, but nothing stands and nothing moves. All spine and no heart and we can stand strong, but nothing feels and nothing softens. The two need each other. How can I strengthen more to face the world today? How can I soften more to feel the world...
On a winter’s morning in 2011, I stood standing on a beach, yelling furiously at these two expert kayakers. That morning, I had decided to learn to paddle an ocean ski, and they agreed to teach me. Now, these things are notoriously “tippy,” and the model I was in was particularly narrow… I had gone...
I’m walking down one of those wide footpaths alongside the river, towards my favourite café. I see someone coming towards me. As we get closer, I shuffle to the left side a bit to make sure they have space. I glance up. I think, wow, this is weird. This person walks kind of like me....
This is a term that a lot of people really dislike. Here’s a workaround: See something that could be improved, for someone.Make a note of who this kind of person is, what they believe in, and how you think you could help improve the situation. Have an interesting conversation with either this person, or someone...