Published on Monday, September 28, 2009 by Anna Hebden Some years ago, this verse of Scripture got stuck on repeat in my head. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” It was straight after Peter, my eldest, was born. I guess you could say that I just didn’t take well to the whole mothering thing, at first. My days felt suddenly robbed from me. Filled with countless, m...

Published on Friday, September 18, 2009 by Richie Allen Seth Godin, one of today's top gurus of marketing and innovative thinking, posits an interesting perspective on positive thinking. If positive thinking works so well, why then do smart people still engage in negative thinking? It's easy, that's why... It FEELS more realistic, even though positive thinking improves performance ANYTIME it is exercised. Funny how our bra...

Published on Monday, September 14, 2009 by Andy Allen Apathy is the soil from which mediocrity is grown. Watered with the tears of broken dreams, it grows slowly as the years pass. Now stands a mighty tree, branches stretching out, heavy with the fruit of frustration. At the trunk of this towering monument of mediocrity, the seeds of your true destiny lie, hidden from the light of the sun. One tree... One field... O...

Published on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Jonathan Foster In the movie, “Wedding Crashers” when Will Ferrell’s character ‘Chazz’ is asked what he is doing with his life, he responds, “I’m living the dream man, living the dream”. Of course, Chazz is referring to his habit/hobby of ‘crashing’ weddings (By now he has actually moved on to funerals), in order to score a seemingly endless number of dates with...

Published on Monday, September 7, 2009 by Hevyn Allen I’ve been rewatching the old Pink Panther movies (circa Peter Sellers) and for the first time enjoying their humor. As a kid, I didn’t like them very much. I was always upset to watch the movies and never catch a glimpse of the funny Pink Panther. When my parents tried to explain to me that the Pink Panther was a diamond instead of an animal, the concept made no ...

Published on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 by Richie Allen I recently read a blog post by Phil Cooke entitled "The Death of The Self-Esteem Movement" that intrigued me. He referenced a Wall Street Journal review of a book called "NurtureShock" , written by Po Bronsom and Ashley Merryman, in which the authors study the effects of self-esteem on children. In the WSJ review, Kay Hymowitz concludes: And what do they show? That...