by Colin | Feb 17, 2017 | Effectiveness, Habits, Happiness, Health, Productivity, Thinking Skills, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
No, not with all his muscles and fame… read on. Mindfulness is all the rage this year. Ironic really, since it’s been quietly there, appreciated by its adherents for as long as people have tried to still their constant mind chatter. As long as people have been...
by Colin | Jul 21, 2016 | Communication, Effectiveness, Habits, Happiness, Influence, Listening, Values
“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” ~Peter Drucker Humans are funny creatures. We live in this globalised network of overlapping, integrated (mostly) and interdependent groups, making and eating things like garlic infused olive...
by Colin | Jul 1, 2016 | Habits, Health, Wellbeing
Walking is what your DNA is expecting and there are all kinds of genes switched on and off by walking that bring enormous wellbeing and health benefits. I used to be a gym monkey. I found bodybuilding when I was 16 and more or less spent the next ten years working...
by Colin | Jun 23, 2016 | Habits, Happiness, Productivity, Wellbeing
“When you sit just sit, when you walk just walk, but whatever you do, do not wobble.” ~Zen proverb Growing up, I got grief for the fact that my dad was a ‘pencil pusher’. He was a chemical engineer by training, a health physicist by occupation and a musician by...
by Colin | Jun 18, 2016 | Habits, Happiness, Health, Productivity, Wellbeing
As you know, I’m big on sleep and for so many people, it’s a fast away to incredible energy all day. So many people are deprived and silently suffering. They might not even think they’re suffering, but unless you’re sleeping 7ish hours a...
by Colin | Jun 9, 2016 | Habits, Happiness, Health, Productivity, Wellbeing
“Sleep is for the weak” is just not true and if you think you can “sleep when you’re dead”, you’re probably hastening the day. Chances are that you try to get the most out of every day. Chances are you stay up a bit too late, just to have time to yourself or (gasp) to...
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