In recent years I've taken on the Stoic philosophy espoused excellently in this book. It's safe to say that this book had an enormously positive impact on my life, as in the past few years I've been through a lot, today is actually exactly 3 years after my father died, but this book has allowed …

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The role of the education system should be to create people with the ability to share and enact upon their ideas. These two ideas encompass so much of education, the ability to share ideas means you are not afraid nor incapable of spreading them. The ability to enact upon them means again you are not …

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You step into the door of your local cafe and the whiff of freshly brewed coffee hits you as you hold up one finger to indicate you're there for a cup of the brown stuff on your lonesome. The stern eyes of the grumpy old man look at you on an otherwise expressionless face, and …

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When life hits you, it hits hard. Sometimes life hits you hard a lot, and it's hard to keep your head up. Here's my tip. Use these things as motivation to keep your head up. Change your thinking from 'I can't do this because of [life event(s)]', to 'I'm doing this in spite of [life …

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This poor old dog has been through a lot. He's had surgery on his legs after being in an accident, we weren't sure he'd survive, but he has and now he's old enough to be deaf. That hasn't stopped him barking at the old man that lives here. The funny thing is, he often runs …

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Take them. See where they lead you. If they happen to be a shortcut, great, use it in future. If they happen to be a waste of time, even better, you've learned that it's best not to take that route in future. It might seem like a risk to take alternative routes, but if there …

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This is something I've found myself fighting a lot recently. It's a lesson I've heard before, but to have it reiterated by one of my favourite people, unironically by the person who I most often hear it from, makes it that much stronger. When you're under pressure to make money for your survival, it can …

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