The Week(-day) Nature of Depression

In setting up my new company I meet people with various kinds of depression and a mix of severity of discontent, and an obvious pattern has emerged. Whether it is what I hear in person or shown through the Google Adwords clicks, depression is, at its foundation, a predominantly weekday phenomenon. Considering this now, it seems [...]

The Why Guy – Tony Robbins Best Ideas in 20 mins

For those of you who haven’t come across Tony Robbins then this is the best introduction to his genius and charisma, and for those of you who do know him, I believe this is also the best summary of his work: I highly recommend you take a look at Tony Robbins products, his Ultimate Relationship [...]

Self Healing Buildings – Cool Science

I really like the  idea of buildings that can heal themselves, quasi-organic building are fascinating and surprisingly close, I wonder what other functions similar technologies could have? I predict this will be an important area of scientific research late this century.

Thoughts on a war

I’ve just seen images of an old school friend of mine being welcomed back to the UK following a tour in Afghanistan. While he was away I read his comments with interest and noted that they lacked any great conviction for his efforts and were firmly based upon how much he wished to see his fiancée and [...]

‘The Map is not the Territory’

One of the fundamental principles of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), as described by Bandler & Grinder, is that ‘The Map is not the Territory’. Simply put this is the idea that what we represent in our minds is not reality, it is merely our own internal representation of reality, which has come in through our five [...]