Life Time Management - Categories, Activities and Contexts Time manangement is one of those things I return to from time to time. We're always being told that we need to be more efficient with our time ⏱. It's a limited resource and we need to maximise it. The problem is I've never found a system that works for me.
Life Chasing Rabbits ... Sometimes you have to make hard decisions so you can concentrate on what's important, no matter how tempting the other rabbits are.
Life The hidden menace of the passive-aggressive practitioner So you hate a particular group of people and you really want to vent against them, but you know people won't tolerate such behaviour and anyway there are these inconvenient things called anti-hate laws (in the U.K. the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
Life Don't pre-judge, and always give people a change to explain. A friend posted a link to this on Facebook Father Takes Controversial Picture With Sick Baby In The Shower [http://www.littlethings.com/father-takes-controversial-picture-with-sick-baby-in-the-shower/?utm_source=spots&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shock] . The gist of it is that a mother took a picture of her sick child being held
Life Should I stay, or should I go … … or 60 seconds to change how you think about the referendum on the 23rd You will hear any number of predictions on what will happen if we vote to leave the EU on the 23rd. Whether they are good or bad depends on who you listen to. Should I stay,
Life UK Knife Law - Pocket Knives, Locking Knives and Multi-tools Is it legal to carry a multi-tool in public in the UK? That depends if it has a locking knife blade or not. We explain the law in detail.
Life Multi-tasking, the hidden cost of interruptions and context switching We've all been there - you're working on something and there's an interruption. You have stop what your doing, deal with the interruption, and then try pick up what you were doing before. It feels tough, but just how harmful are these interruptions? Context Switching Interestingly a lot of our
Life A Lasting Effect How Our Childhood Can Shape Our Adult Attitudes The values and environment a growing child sees around them can shape their attitudes for the rest of their lives. Should we be paying more attention to these critical times? There was an article in the Huffington Post today about the lasting
Technology Apple App Store & 'No, you can't.' In case you hadn't realised it the point of this post is that you can't. Can't what? Well there are many things you can't do. Avoid income tax, stop toast landing buttered side down and, if your an Apple app developer, offer your loyal customers an upgrade path when you
Life Did you really mean it that way? The line between success and failure can be very thin. Sometimes it's very easy to communicate a completely different idea to the one you intended. I'm sure I'm not wired the right way for some advertising. I keep seeing adverts that go the wrong way, at least for me. The
Life Love comes in many shapes and colours … Love comes in many shapes and colours - all of them beautiful :-) Love Is Colorful: Paint Ads Show That Love Comes In All Shapes And Colors [http://www.boredpanda.com/love-is-colorful-lgbt-gay-lesbian-ad-campaign-zim-colored-powder/]
Life Does the word define the behavior … Can you alter someone's behaviour by changing the definition of a word? I started to wonder about this after I read an article in this morning's Metro newspaper - "A staycation? It may costa packet" It basically says that it may be cheaper to have a holiday abraod, rather than
Life Seven Words to Guide you through Life If you had to pick just seven words to guide you through life, which seven would you choose? Here's T.A.Barron's take on the matter: * Gratitude * Courage * Knowledge * Belief * Wonder * Generosity * Hope The Secret To A Meaningful Life In Just 7 Words by Merlin [http://m.huffpost.com/us/
Life Hardened commuter instinct That slightly surreal moment when you're on your regular commute, and you don't recognise any of the people sat around you. When you travel on the same train, day after day, you start to recognise the people around you. Regular travellers tend to sit in the same place on the
Life A word in the right place ... A word can be a very powerful thing. Sometimes an unexpected word can have a major effect. Our bus on Friday was 8 minutes late. This doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to mean I miss my train home. And it obviously affects quite a few people who catch
Life Personal Encryption is BAD ... Should we stop encrypting our personal emails and messages so our governments can read them? Do we trust them enough for that? I just read another disturbing article about security chiefs decrying encryption technologies being used in personal communications. From the BBC News Site - Europol chief warns on computer
Life 5 minutes is all you need when your message is this powerful I was researching Ignite presentations[1] and I came across this. It doesn't need a whole lot of writing about, just watch it, it's only 5 minutes ... "How to be a refugee" by Tara Horn [https://youtu.be/5T1o6cUUVQ0] When a message is this powerful, 5 minutes is all you
Life Hygienic Insanity Whilst a sensible attitude to hygiene is a good idea, have things gone too far? Are we actually damaging our children by not letting them touch life.
Life British Sentimentality or Responsibility? Would you leave your pets behind if ordered to evacuate by the authorities? We wouldn't. Is that sentimentality or responsibility? Discuss.
Life Better to “Fail with Style” than “Celebrate Mediocrity” People should be trained how to fail so they can cope with failure and carry on. Failing isn't bad, it's what you do next that really counts.
