What's the number one goal that if reached, you could say all your effort to date would be worth it? Ok, now take that goal, and throw it in the rubbish. You don't need it. Life isn't about reaching one goal. If it were, it would be a truly sad state of affairs. As humans, […]

My dad was a huge fan of wine, but I wouldn’t exactly call him classy. His logic? Even the cheap wines can compete in flavour with the more expensive ones. I wouldn’t call him classy simply because he wouldn’t go for the more expensive kind, and that’s perfectly fine. Well, I guess he was classy […]

I recently went to a conference where the boss of a gaming company said that playing where you get to express your creativity is one of the happiest moments humans can have (I can't remember his name but he was the boss of Akatsuki). He was talking about using your imagination in the context of […]

Hindsight is a bitch. Especially when you were wrong. A decision was made, which (most likely) ended up being for the best of the project. Only, the decision was made against your wishes. You helped the long term survival of the mission, but at the same time led to your demise. Which begs the question. […]

When you're an outsider, you have more choices to choose from. Since I was raised in NZ where we have a big celebration at Christmas, I can have Christmas here in Japan, and then celebrate New Year's the way the Japanese do with a big celebration. It also doesn't matter much when you do stuff […]

When you take on someone else's ideas as your own, you have to be responsible for them if they're coming through you. That's why it's always better to have your own ideas. When you take action because of someone else's will, you have to be responsible for the consequences if it's you who's taking action. […]

It's good to get thoughts out of your head and into the world. It's like a mental cleansing. Then I can go through them later and pick up on themes. The power of the daily habit. I've written over 50,000 words this year, I wouldn't have been able to do that in a few sittings. […]