A Carambola colleague asked a yawning young girl recently in a client school classroom was she tired; her response was priceless – “I’m running at 3%!” I’ve had a very busy week which, apart from work, involved a lot of travel and I find myself feeling a tad run ragged this weekend which is what…
Born without any limbs – can you imagine? That’s how it was for Nick Vujicic; born with no arms and no legs meaning that his was one of the toughest starts imaginable. I was talking with two groups of teens during the week; one aged 14/15 years, the other 16/17 and we were discussing their…
I met a hero recently; a real-life hero, an unassuming hero, an unwitting hero, but a hero nonetheless. An electrician Monday to Friday, a cave diver on the weekends, Belgian national Jim Warny, now living in Co.Clare, was thrust under national and international spotlight last year when he was part of the Tham Luang cave…
Stress is good. According to Ruby Wax at Pendulum Summit 2019 in Dublin recently stress is good. And she’s right! Stress is what keeps us alive and vital. The Amygdala (ah – MIG – d’lah) is an ancient part of the human brain that is responsible for the fight or flight response that we are…
An Admiral never makes suggestions. Think about it. An Admiral attempts to make a suggestion, “I was just thinking what if…?” Wikipedia says The Admiral of the Navy (abbreviated as AN) is the highest possible rank in the United States Navy. The rank is equated to that of a six-star admiral and is currently one of the two highest possible operational ranks…
I met a man. I asked him, “What do you do?” He said, “I’m a writer.” Me, “What have you written? What are you writing currently?” Him. “Nothing. I’m getting ready. Formulating ideas.” He’s not a writer, he’s a dreamer. A thinker at best. Perhaps he will be a writer in time, perhaps even a…