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Road under Construction - Detour Ahead...

It's been longer than I intended since I've updated this post. Today I grabbed my trusty Kindle reader and started in on a book titled " How to Get Ideas " by Jack Foster and Larry Corby . What a surprise when the first chapter is titled " Have Fun ".  Coincidentally with this, I've read the ICAS desk drop (it's an email on personal wellness, diet, work life balance etc.) wherein the TED talk of Caroline McHugh was discussed - it too arrived today. How you need to find your true self and stop being who the world wants you to be. How do they relate? Simple: fun ! If you are currently, where you are, whether it be your work, life, family, friends, whatever, and you are not having fun in each, then you are not being you. You are being something you where never meant to be. It's something I'm struggling with. For thirty years I've been working in computers, processing data, putting up with, well everyone. It all has me wondering is t

10 Ways To Hack Into Your Happy Brain Chemicals

10 Ways To Hack Into Your Happy Brain Chemicals Life gets busy. 2016 for us in South Africa is going to be tough. Emotional black mail and black mail in general is a socially acceptable way to deny some their constitutional rights. So take a read above and stick it to all those office clones that make your day hell. All those wannabes on the roads that can't drive to safe their lives (it's been one of those days). So, to quote Bobby McFarren: "Don't worry. Be Happy."

Being yourself....

We regularly get these desk drops from the ICASA people. It is supposed to be filled with all the tricks, treats and stories to help you cope with life, your job, your family. In short pop-psychology packaged in easily digestible chunks. Today's one has this interesting article in it relating to Caroline McHugh's TED talk. The art of being who you are "There’s an art to being yourself, says life coach Caroline McHugh, in her powerful Ted talk of the same title. When you look at remarkable individuals, people who have achieved what they set out to do, what they have in common is that they have nothing in common, she says. Rather, the thread that links them is that they have found a way to figure out their unique gifts – to play the one true note they were meant to sing, she adds. These remarkable people come from all walks of life, in art, business, music, even the person in front of you in the grocery store or the colleague in the cubicle next to yours. McHugh notes