Who is weird?
The other day I met some new people. After exchanging the usual conversational stuff we got to the big question: “What do you do?’ I described in vivid pictures how I have been taking care of my own business, my…
Category: Happiness Happiness is not a goal. It’s an ongoing journey to be savored along the way day by day.
8 Truths I do like to remind myself of
Busy schedules and weekly routines have a tendency to put my brain on autopilot and I lose sight of the important things in life. Some of life’s essential truths need repeating. So, I’d better write them down: MY SELF-WORTH…
How I learned to mind my own business
Some of my loyal readers – ok, make that two – asked me at what age I started to mind my own business and to actively take care of my own business. Here is how it all started: Well, that’s…
A few thoughts on our second brain
I can literally envision all you regular readers rolling your eyes at yet another “brainy” post and thinking: “Tacomob, haven’t you written more than enough about the brain already? Isn’t there some other topic on your mind?” Of course there is, and that’s why I am…
The Just-World-Bias
Do you believe in a just world? Most of us do. Simply because we assume that bad things will befall bad people, and good things, to good people. The bad news is that it doesn’t always play out that way and also that the world…
To die or not to die
I would like to write about the end, yours and mine to be specific. I recently read that due to medical and technical advances, the first person to attain the age of a hundred and fifty has already been born. Are you that person? Well, I suppose…
This happens to everyone of us
Ageing, that is. Humans have two things in common: We have a biased brain, and we grow older. Unfortunately, the fear of ageing these days is rampant, because we fear what we will become. My Claim “Being old is much better than…
Can you spare three minutes to read this?
You can? That’s great! Because I would like to share what I recently read about “time pressure” and why it seems to be on the rise in these modern times. Initially, I thought that I knew the answer; the pace of life…
NOW
I realise now that NOW is the only time that exists, although that truth about time took me a while to comprehend. Our life, you see, is about a series of moments in time, but we often live these moments hoping to improve a future moment—to have a better…
Book: ‘Mind Power’ by James Borg – Key Statements
Chapter 1: You are What You Think “You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you.” — Blaise Pascal We can’t change other people and our…
Happiness is not a goal. It’s an ongoing journey to be savored along the way day by day.
8 Truths I do like to remind myself of
Busy schedules and weekly routines have a tendency to put my brain on autopilot and I lose sight of the important things in life. Some of life’s essential truths need repeating. So, I’d better write them down: MY SELF-WORTH…
How I learned to mind my own business
Some of my loyal readers – ok, make that two – asked me at what age I started to mind my own business and to actively take care of my own business. Here is how it all started: Well, that’s…
A few thoughts on our second brain
I can literally envision all you regular readers rolling your eyes at yet another “brainy” post and thinking: “Tacomob, haven’t you written more than enough about the brain already? Isn’t there some other topic on your mind?” Of course there is, and that’s why I am…
The Just-World-Bias
Do you believe in a just world? Most of us do. Simply because we assume that bad things will befall bad people, and good things, to good people. The bad news is that it doesn’t always play out that way and also that the world…
To die or not to die
I would like to write about the end, yours and mine to be specific. I recently read that due to medical and technical advances, the first person to attain the age of a hundred and fifty has already been born. Are you that person? Well, I suppose…
This happens to everyone of us
Ageing, that is. Humans have two things in common: We have a biased brain, and we grow older. Unfortunately, the fear of ageing these days is rampant, because we fear what we will become. My Claim “Being old is much better than…
Can you spare three minutes to read this?
You can? That’s great! Because I would like to share what I recently read about “time pressure” and why it seems to be on the rise in these modern times. Initially, I thought that I knew the answer; the pace of life…
NOW
I realise now that NOW is the only time that exists, although that truth about time took me a while to comprehend. Our life, you see, is about a series of moments in time, but we often live these moments hoping to improve a future moment—to have a better…
Book: ‘Mind Power’ by James Borg – Key Statements
Chapter 1: You are What You Think “You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you.” — Blaise Pascal We can’t change other people and our…