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Don’t hate on my haiku
Is your life is boring, friend? Every day the same as the next? Same routine? Same packed lunch? Same profile picture? Same series on Netflix? When I was in Uruguay I used to get horribly [...]
Be soft like water
My foray into the underbelly of kimura shukokai karate holds surprising contrasts. The latest instruction hurled at me from across the tatami was to be ‘soft like water’. For those who don’t know - and [...]
10 Communication Tweaks to Help You Sound More Assertive
It’s time to banish tentative verb phrases like “I think”, “I feel” or “I just thought” so that you sound more confident and assertive at work. Here are 10 common workplace situations where changing just [...]
Living under a coat of bright, shiny nail-polish
Yesterday, a client and I spent 20 minutes discussing nail polish. I’ll let that sink in for a minute. Bright and shiny on the outside, but gosh, what’s all that formaldehyde doing to us on [...]
Missing from your daily habits
1. Offer to help 2. Look behind you and fix what’s not right 3. Eat something nutritious 4. Breathe 5. Find the gaps between your thoughts 6. Say something nice 7. Smile 8. Ask why [...]
What’s your weird?
My first real job was PR & Promotions assistant in the fashion industry. It involved sponsoring pantihose for fashion shows, gift wrapping a few ‘one-size-fits-all’ pairs for the lucky, lucky-draw winner, and erecting a surfboard-size, [...]
Scared Silly
I have two big fears in life. Fear 1: Not getting to the buffet table in time Yes it’s a privileged fear. It’s also irrational, because there’s usually plenty of the good stuff. It’s just [...]
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