It was nearly 10 years ago when a good friend of mine whom I was sharing a house with introduced me to fruit smoothies. I’d had milkshakes and fruit juice, obviously, but putting a heap fruits into a blender and drinking the product was something I’d never seen before. The beauty of the whole thing [...]
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Yes. Dieting sucks.
Anyone who knows me at all will know I like to be quite direct in what I say. I’m not hard nosed or obnoxious; I’m not an old fart that’s stuck in my ways… give me a new outlook on life or any subject, and present a decent rationalization and I’m sold. I’ll [...]
Life is all about rules unfortunately. Some make complete sense; some make law and by today’s standard are completely nonsensical.
Some however, like Pareto’s Principle, are genius.
It basically states that roughly 80% of the output is derived from 20% of the input. Or alternatively:
80% of the progress/work is done in 20% of the time
80% of your [...]
I had a discussion with a friend yesterday evening and while bucket loads of things came up, one thing said that stuck in my thoughts was the statement that “Introverts are not shy”. I was relaying briefly about the Life Coaching sessions I’ve been doing, and temperament sorters like Myers-Briggs. As I explained earlier, I [...]
For as long as I remember, I’ve known the term ego. We nearly all know what it is… it’s basically just another word for pride. Or at least, that’s how it is most often framed. When we see someone acting up, they’re being a bit hoity-toity, we are likely to throw the term ego in [...]
It’s been a few weeks since my second life coaching session and there is a lot to write about. I actually had my 3rd session there on Tuesday so I figured rather than write 2 separate posts, I’d combine the two and see what I could relay from them.