View original image The more books I read (Brain Rules, Predictably Irrational and Freakonomics to name a few recent ones) and the more I write on this blog, the more I come across ideas and concepts that go against the conventional advice dished out by businesses, schools and the media in general. This is in [...]

View original image Today is the third annual Blog Action Day, a great event where thousands of bloggers (just under 7000 at the time of typing this) all write about one particular topic of concern. This year it’s about climate change, a particularly apt subject given how world leaders will gather in two months time [...]

View original image Junk food is bad for us, that much is certainly obvious. As obesity rates continue to rise it’s becoming more of an issue. But the real problem comes from regular consumption of junk food at the expense of healthier options. Having takeaway pizzas several times a week is naturally going to mess [...]

Something that’s always seemed a little odd to me is all the lifehacking advice on how to get a good night’s sleep. Rather than actually getting to sleep I’d instead be awake trying to apply all these little tricks and techniques, when what I should be doing is closing my eyes and letting my mind [...]

We all have worries in life – most tend to be small or minor but occasionally we are faced with big, and even crippling worries (or at least that’s what they seem like to us). Perhaps understandably, there is a strong correlation between the amount of worries you have in your life, how you cope [...]