New Year’s Resolutions. Don’t you hate ‘em? We make so many and we stick to so few. A 2007 study showed that 88% of people who make resolutions fail. Which is why the gyms are packed at the start of January, but empty by the end of the month. (more…)
Many people identify totally with their work. They may never actually put this into words, but they live as if they were what they do.
When the work goes well their worth as human beings goes up. When the work goes badly, they are failures, useless, fit for nothing. (more…)
‘There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.’
Dalai Lama
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Creative projects start with a seed. To grow, that seed needs many things, above all commitment and time. But finding time, regular and productive time, is hard. (more…)
It is 1914. Europe seethes with fear and hostility and the First World War is just about to start. Carl Jung, eminent psychiatrist, is sitting in Zurich’s Burghölzli psychiatric hospital, listening to the outpourings of schizophrenics.
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