The Influence of TV on Our Lives

If there is one invention that has been equally good and bad for society it has got to be television. “All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?” – Nicholas Johnson Commercial television broadcasting began in earnest in 1946 and it’s success has been nothing short of phenomenal. The only problem [...]

How to Act in an Emergency

“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.” – Charles Dickens Most of us don’t like to contemplate the thought of being involved in an emergency situation, parents tend to concentrate more on teaching their children to avoid such situations rather than how to deal with them. [...]

The Importance of Education

The Importance of Education “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” – H. G. Wells (1866 – 1946) I first came across the above quotation about ten years ago when I read a book on prophets, the quote has stuck with me over the years but I must admit I [...]

Using All of Our Senses

The five senses; Taste, Touch, Site, Sound and Smell are undoubtedly the greatest gifs we will ever receive but how many of us can honestly say that we make the most of all of our senses? Most of us live our lives, at least to some degree on auto pilot, the days turn into weeks, [...]

Why do We Buy Things?

We buy things for many reasons, we buy lots of things we need and lots of things we don’t need. If you have serious designs on making money it is vital that you understand why people buy. # Necessity: We can’t live without things such as food, water, shelter etc, so we have to aquire [...]

How to Get Promoted

How to Get Promoted When pitching to a group of people it is crucial that we ascertain as early as possible who the decision maker(s) is. A good way of doing this is to ask the group a key question and look who they all turn to for the answer. It’s very similar when we [...]

Why do We Love Food?

“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” -  Adelle Davis (1904 – 1974) Even though we all need food to survive our relationship with food goes much deeper than that, we have developed this amazing love affair with it. All animals need to eat but we have turned [...]

Best Use of Time

Time is precious, we all know that. We all get the same amount of time each day, time is perhaps one of the few even playing fields in life. Thus how we utilise it is vital to our success and happiness. We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. – John F. [...]

What do people Want?

There are essentially six basic things that all human beings NEED. These are: Air, Food, water, clothing, shelter and sex. Everything else is a bonus. Unfortunately, the more we attain the more we tend to want and this if we are not careful can become extremely self damaging. “Man is the only animal whose desires [...]

Are You Stopping Money From Coming to You?

No matter what we think about money it is vital to everone’s existence. Money often gets a bad press but placed in the right hands it can do amazing things. Money is meant to be fluid, to flow from one person to another, it is not meant to be horded. “Money can’t buy you happiness [...]