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Continue reading →: MonumentNot many of us will have a monument built in our honour. Few of us will have a biography written of our achievements. There won’t be many of us that will have a Wikipedia page. Some of us won’t even appear on the first page of results if we search…
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Continue reading →: ProximityOur desire for proximity can get in the way of our own happiness. Learn from Icarus. Some things you can enjoy from afar.
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Continue reading →: Tick-tockTime is more precious than money. We don’t know how rich we are until we are very poor. Only then do we see the value.
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Continue reading →: RadicalWe are being poked for our opinions incessantly by social media, slow media, work environments, daily life. Remember, it is okay not to have one. We believe in being radically agnostic. We go out of our way to not have a view. In an area where great minds with far…
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Continue reading →: CloserAt the heart of us is the need for proximity – emotional and physical closeness is the enduring evolutionary measure of our success in social interaction. In modern times, as we disconnect through digital connection, this need is not being fulfilled in the ways it has been for millennia. For…
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Continue reading →: Shade“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” JANE AUSTEN We love our time in the sun. But whether sought and found or forced upon us, time in the shade is essential to help us thrive. It’s the time to…
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Continue reading →: WonderThe sights and sounds of nature can fill us with wonder. Migrating geese, fruit trees in blossom, the roiling ocean, the Grand Canyon, snow clad hills. It takes small reminders for us to switch back on to the beauty all around us, refreshed every day, every season, every year. But…
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Continue reading →: ClarityLife is not simple. As humans evolved it was our intellect, our capacity for solving problems, that set us apart from the other species on the earth. It has allowed us to become the dominant inhabitants on the planet, moulding our environment to suit our whims (and to satiate our…
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Continue reading →: Foundation 6In the last of the foundation posts we come back to something that was touched on in curation. This element of our life is critical to achieving and to appreciating our best life. Presence To be present is to have our minds in what we are doing and what we…
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