Of course I’m not listening! The problem with Kate Murphy’s You’re Not Listening is the approach it adopts – entering a conversation like a psychoanalyst. Is the goal of listening to understand another human or to extract interesting information? Murphy’s framework blurs this line. In You’re Not Listening, Murphy often suggests listeners should adopt the… Read More »
Rather than reading In Search of Lost Time as a traditional novel, or even a modernist masterpiece, consider approaching it as an exploration of the emotional brain decades before neuroscience caught up. Proust wasn’t merely writing about memory; he was mapping how emotions are stored, retrieved, and experienced through sensory triggers, long before brain scans… Read More »
Oh, wondrous train of sleekest sheen,With fares that rise like kites unseen.You gleam so bright, you shine so new,Yet break down more than budget shoes. “Ride with us!” your posters beam,As if delays were but a dream.But stand we must in sweltering heat,While you conk out on tracks so sweet. “Upgrading works!” they always say,As… Read More »
Atomic Habits is more than just a book about behaviour change. It’s a blueprint to build good habits and create lasting change.
What makes Lucky Man remarkable is Fox’s refusal to wallow in self-pity or lament lost opportunities.
My favourite band. Their debut album featured gems like “Big In Japan”, “Forever Young”, “The Jet Set”, “Summer In Berlin”, “Sounds Like A Melody”, etc. They then followed that up with a second album, “Afternoons In Utopia”, that could rival any concept album released by The Alan Parsons Project. Over the years, Alphaville’s discography expanded… Read More »