When I was a kid we often went to play laser tag, or laserforce as it was known. You score points for killing other people, and if you do this without getting shot, you get special features like rapid fire or temporary invincibility. We would go on a Sunday morning because they had an all-you-can-play […]

They say the best way to learn something is to teach it. The reason for this? Because without fully understanding something, you can't teach it. To make something easy to understand so that you can teach it, it helps to define it. To be able to define it, you have to truly understand it. Some […]

Reputation gets in the way. If you have an idea about someone before you meet them it clouds your judgment about them. It's better not to have any preconceptions about people so that when you meet them you judge them for their character not for how they live up to their reputation. When you are […]

When you get older, having travelled to various places means not only can you reminisce on it, but you can also share those experiences with others who have been, or will go to those places. Besides seeing different cultures and different lifestyles, that are alive at the same time, something I often think about, your […]

Pride is a sign that you gave it your all. To give it your all means to be in the moment. Take pride in everything you do, make things to be proud of. Just remember that we tend to place more value on things we create ourselves, it's called the IKEA effect. People may not […]

Simultaneously the most convenient and inconvenient things on the planet. It's obvious why they're convenient. Instant information in the Information Age. Instant communication. What's less obvious is why they're inconvenient. Put simply, they don't work on your schedule. They buzz and vibrate at the oddest of times. They remind you of things you don't really […]

In professional rugby, the coaches sit apart from the team benches. They call the shots from afar, but this is mainly for substitutions (i assume, at least). This is because they put all their trust in the players to trust their instincts and do what's right. There's no helicoptering. They believe in their systems of […]