A big TV We got sidetracked and diverted into these boxes, these cubicles in offices. So instead of investing your time in a passion, you’ve sold your life to work for an uncaring machine that doesn’t understand you. That’s the problem with our society. And what’s the reward? Go home and get a big TV. Joe Rogan […]
Narrow standards of success The time has come, to broaden our notion of the spectrum of talents. The single most important contribution education can make to a child’s development is to help him toward a field where his talents best suit him, where he will be satisfied and competent. We’ve completely lost sight of that. Instead we subject everyone […]
Giving Up vs Growing Up Giving up something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn’t giving up at all, it’s growing up. Laurell K. Hamilton
Do they really care? It took me a while to recognize the difference between someone who genuinely cares about you and welcomes your company and someone who’s just interested in your life’s latest development. Tracey Coretta
Swearing We cannot help but judge others on the basis of their speech. Unfortunately, when it comes to taboo language, it is a common assumption that people who swear frequently are lazy, do not have an adequate vocabulary, lack education, or simply cannot control themselves. The overall finding of this set of studies, that taboo fluency […]
There is no app for this We are so immersed in the modern digital world inside. Put the phone down, better yet – turn it off. Rediscover the simple joys of spending time outdoors.
Social Media Guru A term used to assign imaginary expertise in a nascent communications field to an individual with little to no real world business experience and the professional integrity of a bowl of banana pudding. Synonyms: Social Media Douchebag, Personal Branding Expert, Conversation Strategist, Social Media Speaker, Best-Selling Social Media Author. Olivier Blanchard
Lazy fucking ad-men Seriously, is this the best you could come up with. Even with your endless supplies of coffee, facial hair, Aeron chairs and white walls full of post-its… it’s lazy. Really fucking lazy. Let’s take a look at some personal highlights all following the same dire formula. Let’s start with this bag of shite The […]
Paper Pushers Roger from the council visited. Gervais offers wisdom. Pilkington tells it how it is. Brilliant.
Gym Bunny Let’s have a moment of silence for all those who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride stationary bicycles.
Hard Work Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced the next page defenceless and unprepared. Writing for me was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, […]
It’s good to be ignored I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learnt to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything. Saul […]
Peter Pan I think childhood is something you don’t appreciate until it’s been taken from you. Now I understand why Peter Pan didn’t want to grow up.
