The Six Enemies of Greatness (and Happiness)
These six factors can erode the grandest of plans and the noblest of intentions. Which factors are they? Check it here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2012/02/28/the-six-enemies-of-greatness-and-happiness/. What do you think is the biggest obstacle in achieving greatness (and happiness)?
Video: Unilever releases video exposing the impacts of advertising on vulnerable children
Unilever has released a video exposing the negative impacts of the advertising industry on children. The video uses the tag line ‘Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does’ highlighting the vulnerability of children to the cognitive ability that advertising has towards creating stereotypes and in this case, with relation to the beauty industry, pressurising...
Video: John Cleese – a lecture on Creativity
Excerpt from the full lecture from John Cleese on how to inspire creativity within yourselves. “And there, ladies and gentlemen, are the 5 factors that you can arrange to make your lives more creative. Space. Time. Time. Confidence and Humour.”
Holding on to hope in the middle of a deluge of bad news about the world
Sometimes I have been asking the same question – how to stay positive when there is so much negativity around us? Some people are better at this than others so if you are looking for an inspiration read this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/resilience-hope-behaviour-bad-news. Mabl, Spain
Little girl writes best running away letter ever
Something for your website… A hilarious letter from a little girl who “ran away” from home is cracking up parents today — first because of the author’s adorable attempt at spelling, and second because of her reasoning. Read more at http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/little-girl-writes-best-running-away-letter-ever-2516961.html. Marty, UK