Decluttering Your Home

Clutter is one of my pet hates. Fortunately, my wife hates it too therefor most of the time the house tends to remain fairly tidy. However, if either you or your partner has a tendency to horde things then your clutter can soon get out of control. “Don’t own so much clutter that you will [...]

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 [...]

The Joys of Supermarket Shopping

Come on admit it, we all love supermarkets?!? Struggling to find a parking space, all the people, negotiating our trolleys up and down the aisles, trainee checkout staff. It’s blissfull. We’ve not tried doing the food shop on line yet but I don’t like waiting in for people and I’ve never really fancied the idea [...]

Why do People Gossip?

  Everyone loves a scandal, none of us like to admit it but who could honestly say they have never gossiped about anyone? People have gossiped since the birth of mankind, there is obviously something very addictive about it, it’s ingrained in our psyche and although it is wrong and often unfair people we will [...]

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, [...]

I Can’t Sleep For the Cats

Man befriended the cat many centuries ago. Initially it was because they were skilled at hunting rodents but down the years the bond between humans and felines has become stronger. They make ideal pets because they are relatively low-maintenance. “When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not passing time [...]

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 [...]

Do You Want to Stay Young-Looking?

I’ve written numerous articles on this subject in the past many of which I’ve posted on various forums and blogs across the internet and they have always created a lot of interest and reaction, not all of it positive I might add! There is a lot of moral high ground concerning the subject of looks [...]