We’d all love to find answers. But then, most of the time, we find answers that don’t work for us. “It said to meditate every day but it just doesn’t work with my five kids and two dogs!” “I read that if I ate six small meals a day, I’d lose weight, but I didn’t!” […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Is Jeff Bezos really worth more than all the UK’s nurses?
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos earnings in one year: £62,300,000,000 (Source) Annual salary of all 300,000 NHS nurses combined:£8,280,000,000 (Source) That’s over seven times less money, shared between 299,999 more people. One runs an online store. The others save lives. Sources: To pay all 300,000 nurses in the UK costs approx £8,195,700,000 – £8.2 billion – […]
Inertia is the enemy of purpose
When you’ve lost sight of why you’re doing what you’re doing – You’re just carrying on because you can – Then maybe it’s time – To stop. Photo by Thomas Dumortier on Unsplash
It’s ok to be ‘money-driven’
“She’s chasing the money” “He’s completely money-driven” “They’re only in it for the cash” As a society, we’re great at judging people for wanting to make money. We talk about it in terms of displaying a lack of values. We insult them, directly or implicitly. These people are superficial. Shallow. Greedy. We think of money-driven […]
Why ‘half-full or half-empty’ is the wrong question
Is “retail therapy” actually bad for us?
Two days ago, I shared a post about how living abroad changed my concept of what I needed to be happy. The response I got back has been loud and clear – the enforced minimalism of lockdown has led to lots of people feeling the same way. My friend Lu said: “In the first week […]
Important to or important for?
Just one tiny word can make a huge difference. What’s important to you, and what’s important for you? Where do the answers match, and where do they conflict?
How being forced to live with less changed my life
“Yeah, it’s a great property,” said my brother, Tim. “You know, as a starter home.” I looked at the two-bedroom house and garden I’d recently bought in Manchester and thought, “Yeah, I guess you’re right.” I was in my late twenties, a first-time buyer, and this was a first step on the property ladder. A […]
Why ‘starting with growth’ is dangerous
Grow your business Grow the economy Grow your team We hear phrases like this all the time. But none of them focuses on making a positive difference. All they focus on is doing more of something. More of anything. When we start our goals with ‘growth’, we deprioritise purpose. What if we replace the word […]
What do billionaires and hoarders have in common?
Hoarding can be defined as “excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actual value, occurs.” The TV show ‘Hoarders’ shows this in all its horrific glory – quantities of things that people will never be able to use, with reasons for holding on to them that defy logical explanation. These look like tragic cases because they […]