Success is a lonely struggle warmed by the power of many lamps. – Adam Parker.
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Success is a lonely struggle warmed by the power of many lamps. – Adam Parker.
Tagged: Motivation
As the clock ticks over into the early morning over Europe, this is what the planet woke to 80 years ago. And 80 years later you’d never know it:
Tagged: China, Tyranny, World War Two
They called them “great” Macedonia’s Alexander, England’s Cnut, Russia’s Catherine and Prussia’s Frederick: Some were called “Terrible”, others “Great Khan”. Some were kings while others gods. In fact, a quick search reveals 94 leaders titled “great”, the most recent being past kings of Thailand, formerly Siam.
Tagged: Greatness, Humility, Leadership
Wisdom loves an open mind and experience loosens the lid. – Adam Parker.
Tagged: Wisdom
Here’s a truth many already know but may not be apparent to all. Great humour actually comes from personal pain.
Tagged: Anxiety, Liza Koshy, Mental Health, YouTube
One autumn morning a man and a woman walk to work through the streets of New York’s West Side. They’re not together. He at times actually follows in the distance as their paths merge, separate and converge.
Tagged: Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries, You've Got Mail
Have you developed your Nuclear War Action Plan (NWAP) yet? Well, time is running out. At 8am local time today, residents in Hawaii woke to a social media, radio and TV emergency telling of an inbound ballistic missile attack. Traditional media urged them to shelter in a building. Social media didn’t. Thumb texting that information might have taken too long for all forgot to say, only minutes remained to act.
Tagged: Duck and Cover, Hawaii, Nuclear War
Late in 2014 I had the honour of being a guest at National Australia Bank’s “Night of Nights”, a celebration of its best employees in south-eastern Australia. Its geographical head of small business acting as master of ceremonies, asked rhetorically during his keynote address, “How can a business where team always comes first, overtly recognise individual achievements too?”
A friend of mine shared a post on Facebook today recounting the final words of Apple’s Steve Jobs: an essay of sorts, 381 words long and full of inspirational regret.
Tagged: Death, Fake, Steve Jobs
If you’re on Twitter, there’s one handle you’ll want to follow: @jk_rowling. It’s the personal handle of author, playwright and now screenwriter, Joanne Rowling, of Harry Potter fame: of course.
Tagged: J.K. Rowling, Social Media, Twitter
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