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….
A quote by Winston Churchill caught my eye today: “It’s been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried”. Watching the current election campaign in the US, and the manoeuvring going on here in Australia in the lead up to this year’s Federal election, I…
With The New Day Comes New Strength Or, as the old saying goes, things will look better in the morning. The title for this post comes from a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, and actually says: “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” Sometimes we only need to get through that long day,…
