Archive for the ‘Emotional’ Category

Happy New Year Resolutions!

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Well this is it, 2009 before we could even catch our breaths, everything's back to normal. Have you made any resolutions?  I have, but not because I think that one year turning into another will make it any different, just that it does provide a good excuse to try harder at ...

Heroes walk amongst us.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

"If you're black you ran the risk of getting deposited into a box marked and sellotaped for track and field and entertainment and crime and jail and self-doubt and shame."  Obama's election now allows many older black people to inspire the young people with more conviction when saying 'you can be ...

The lowest common denominator

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

I came across this blog entry http://thecanadianrepublic.blogspot.com/2008/11/reason-obamaism-wont-last.html - in the middle of the euphoria of Obama's election as the president of the USA. Whilst I have my own reservations about the elation of this momentous occasion, I still recognised the significance of this election. However, the blog entry got me thinking, ...

Does passion require control?

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Many years ago, my wife considered herself a computer widow.  At the time, 'computing' was my hobby - more like a burning passion, but that's a matter of opinion!  Computing is such a wide area but to those around me, I was obsessed with computers.  As I was not in ...

Patience – a disappearing virtue?

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Ahem.  Went to the gym this evening and must say I struggled to be motivated to get there and to stay there once I got there.  Put myself under some pressure to make the effort today since I had not been since Saturday and when I weighed myself this morning, ...

Discipline

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

As in my last post, I mentioned the lucky so and so's who have the ability yo self motivate, to inspire themselves with no external influences. All of us can do this but usually only for things we like doing or easy and quick things to do. We also can ...

Inspiration and motivation.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Well I did suspect that this stuff would not be easy. After all I am a man of habit and when I need to change any one of them, it takes a great deal of effort. In fact most change is forced upon you and usually with a lot of ...

Crashing and burning here………….

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Well I’m doing very well with updating this blog am I?  I can’t believe my last post was on the 6th, time has flown by so quickly.  I have a number of drafts saved but I have been posting more (other stuff) to my other blog.

Living Liverpool

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Have failed to look after the physical this week, with the conference in the middle of the week and I have been away for the weekend. For some crazy reason, I chose to go to Liverpool for a weekend break. It was a gamble and I was not sure the ...

East Midlands Airport – why?

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

I am really struggling to get into the daily upkeep of this blog.  Additionally sometimes I just want to write about something that has no real relevance to self improvement and the four states of the human experience.  But when I do, I will try to relate it because if ...

Self Stocktake Part 1

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The problem with the self stock-check is that one is in danger of discovering lots of things that require changing.  And some time the list can be quite intimidating.  But you have to be hash with what needs changing, too much and the changes are never going to happen, too ...

The Self Stocktake

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Well, occasionally one has to stop and check the results of one’s endeavours.    It is the way we measure our successes and failures and I do not think there is a person on this planet that at some occasion has had to re-assess the position one is in.   All successful ...

From this moment on…..

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } -->(With apologies to LeAnn Rimes.) All the changes I referred to in the last post, I realise, have led to something better though it may have not felt like it at the time. ...

Its been change all the way

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Well today I suspect is the start of another round of changes. I mean its only been a month or so when another two or maybe even three marriages of close people appear to heading for the rocks (see previous post). ...

The new mad season?

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Don't know if this is happening to you but I think our lack of a decent summer seems to be going to some  people's heads.  It is said that the most break downs of marriages and long term relationships happen after Christmas.  I think this years miserable attempt  at a ...