The things people say when they have nothing to talk about! I don’t know why, but it really bugs me when people seem to have nothing to talk about apart from the weather. It’s been dry around here, dry and hot, and although we had good rain in December, it’s been pretty dry since. Apart…
Is This The Age Of The Serial Expert? I recently became acquainted with the work of Barbara Sher, author of the book “Refuse To Choose”. In her book, Barbara refers to “serial experts,” or “scanners”, as people who, for one reason or another, move from one career to another, mastering new skills as they go….
Is This The World’s First Climate War With a headline like that, this article on News.com.au was bound to grab my attention. And it did too. It claims that a NASA study shows worst drought in 900 years may be behind the present Middle East upheaval. The drought started in 1998, and has affected Cyprus,…
A little while back I wrote this piece about dealing with change, based on the book by Spencer Johnson. Since then, I’ve been thinking about the book, and about running around in someone else maze. Hence the title, “I Moved My Own Cheese..”. The title is based on a book by Deepak Malhotra, a professor…
