A reason for being

From John Steinback,
Everything in the world must have design or the human mind rejects it, but, it must have purpose or the human conscience shies away from it.”

On Microsoft and Empires

They always crumble.
Microsoft is looking very middle aged at the moment. Vista is delayed, Bill just doesn’t ‘get’ a lot of things and Windows still rules the world. His view of innovation is that it is competition. And in a competition there are always winners and losers. Bill always likes to be the winner.
It is […]

Being able to really see

A group of groundbreaking eye surgeons discovered that physically restoring a person’s ability to see was not enough when it came to people being able to see again. They observed that something had to take place inside their brain, that they required a new mindset if they were to take hold of the possibilities that […]

5 Rules for happiness

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less
I think that it was Dr Victor Frankl who recognised after living in a concentration camp that happiness when pursued as […]

Why women shouldn’t be allowed to read maps

Well at least in our household. We had one of our biggest arguments in years a couple of days ago when trying to navigate through an unfamiliar city.
I accidently let the word stupid out. I think that April took it out of context and it became a global word. You know one of those words […]

My time management

I am not always that organised when it comes to time management. But, there are some days when I think that I get a lot done and they feel rewarding. I have just started thinking about what contributes to those rewarding days.
Minimize interruptions
Our household is a constant interruption. I have four young kids. So I […]

Tough Love

I think that it was Freud who said that good mental health means that a person is able to love and to work. In a family loving is often very difficult. Being loving means that as a Father I am forced to make difficult decisions and stick to them. This is so my kids can […]