Gratitude is not a mere hope or wish.

Nor is it a false way of being.

It is not something you can pretend to be in or of.

You cannot fake the feeling or tell people you're grateful.

However, it is a powerful emotional...

Failing at something and seeing yourself as a failure as a result of the failed event is a woeful misinterpretation of success and winning.

The event in an of itself means nothing but the meaning you attach to it...

You've heard it before, probably many times...you've got to be passionate.

Passion is for amateurs.

Loving what you do and being fully engaged in a labour of love brings out something beyond passion.

If you really go...

The unmentionable.

I wouldn't really suggest that you un-focus, would I?

One of the most debated topics in psychology is that of will power.

It is well known that focus is linked to the mental capacity known as will...

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller

Life is in a constant state of flux.

Wanting...

"By thought what you want is brought to you, by action you receive it." Wallace D Wattles.

Have you ever had a time where you've thought about something but then never taken action on it? 

I know many people who...

Companies are a weird idea. 

They don't really exist just like unicorns. I mean unless we all agreed that unicorns could be a shareholder.

It's not like you can take a company out to dinner or buy it a fancy new...

What you think is good may very well turn out to be the worst thing to happen to you.

What you think is bad may very well turn out to be the best thing to happen to you.

Let me illustrate this with a Chinese parable.

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There is an old saying "the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second-best time - is now." [unclear origins]

We often underestimate what is possible over the long term and look for short-term hacks.

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"but you have a brand new i-phone!" I said to my friend.

This friend was struggling to get a grip on what they wanted in life.

Often touting lack of money as the reason they couldn't invest into their own future.

This...