A number of years ago I spent some time backpacking through Thailand. It is commonplace to see elephants throughout the country even in the most urban of areas. Once while in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand I noticed how the elephants were tethered. It amazed me that these huge creatures were being held by nothing More »
Watch The Video – Click Here The power of ones attitude is insurmountable. In the book ‘Mans Search For Meaning’ Victor Frankl describes choice as the last ultimate human freedom. Dewey Bozella/Victor Frankl both epitomise the power of choosing ones attitude and using it to overcome diversity. Watch this video it is powerful stuff!
Irish banks continue to propagate the fallacy that they ‘sold’ us financial ‘products’ and that we willingly and recklessly ‘bought’ them. Indeed they point to the enthusiasm that such products were given out at as evidence of the culpability of the Irish people in the current economic disaster. They were they say simply serving market More »
Any first year economics student will tell you that the traditional factors of production are 1) Land, 2) Labour, 3) Capital and for some 4) Enterprise. Now-days such factors as social capital, technology, intellectual capital, natural resources or energy sources or supply could also make a very legitimate claim to be included as a fact More »
I was presenting at a seminar in the UK a while back where I had the pleasure of hearing Sir Ranulph Fiennes discuss how he conquered Mount Everest by simply pretending it simply wasn’t there. He explained that he had prepared himself to simply “plod for ever”. He wouldn’t permit himself to think about the More »
Today in Ireland we have been presented with a report from a tribunal of inquiry into corrupt payments to politicians from property developers. It is known as the Mahon tribunal. It is damning in its revelations. Irelands former Prime Minister (Called Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern has been exposed as a liar, a charlatan and a seriously More »
Barack Obama once said that words matter. Obviously in his world where one poorly chosen word, adjective or metaphor can ruin a career they certainly do. What is less obvious but equally as important is that the choice of words we each make will have a massive impact on how others perceive us and hence More »
Many of us hold ourselves strictly accountable to the promises we make to others. We give our word and we must keep it. It is that simple. But we are rarely as diligent on the accountability stakes regarding the promises we’ve made to ourselves. We are often tempted to give ourselves an easy ride. We More »
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. This is the opinion of Marcus Aurelius (often referred to as “the wise one”) who was Roman Emperor from AD161 to his death in AD180. He was the last of the “Five Good Emperors”, and is also considered one of the most More »
While walking down the street one day, a Government Minister who we’ll just call ‘Himself’, is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. Welcome to Heaven, says Peter. Before we let you in I must explain that there appears to be More »