The translator works like an inverter in electronics – switching an unusable voltage into a usable one. A language switch. The translation of something foreign, into something familiar. Into something which we understand and is familiar. Almost in real time. So the question is, when we are among friends, family and colleagues, how often do...
Habit development and conscious choice of patterns is a form of energy generation. Essentially, as we discover tendencies, habits, or patterns that are not serving us (dissipating energy), we realise that the fastest way to improve the situation is simply to stop. Yet a habit carries momentum, sometimes a few decades worth! “Blocking” is the...
We don’t enjoy out of the box ideas. We like bespoke. We like to modify the meal on the breakfast menu. We like our particular gym, our particular brand of ice cream. When we buy, we like the infusion of you into the idea. We really want to know what you see, what you feel...
If you don’t start surfing until you are 35, or if you’re a “late bloomer” to any new sport or activity, you may have a problem. Often people talk about this with language – it’s easier to learn (via immersion in particular) when you are young and the brain is developing. But there’s more. As...
Parkour is the act of overcoming physical problems. Moving from A to B, unassisted, in often a complex urban environment, with dexterity, with speed. When these are blended together, it is a dance with fear, with awareness, with strategy and with patience and practice. But it is your own dance, with your body, at your...
When you are sailing in open ocean and approaching land after days at sea, there are three cases: You see the land itself You see unique cloud formations above the land, indicating land below You see colour variations in the clouds as a reflection of shallow (reef) water below, indicating land When you are free-diving...
“Great results, can be achieved with small forces.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War High frequency, low amplitude loading (or “forces”) can eventually take down an aeroplane. As the plane flies, loading isn’t even. There is wing flexion, air density changes, oscillations and prop rotations (for some). Each change in force is not that...
In long course triathlon, “drafting” in the bike leg is illegal. There is a measured distance that must be maintained between riders on the bike leg, so that there there isn’t an energetic advantage for those who “follow” behind someone else. In the swim leg however, there is no such rule. It turns out, that...
