ShareAlleged Friendships I’m often surprised by what some people call a ‘friendship’. Especially when you stand back and watch certain relationships in action. Over the years I’ve observed plenty of alleged friendships which appeared to be anything but friendly. Surely, that’s a sign? Alarm bells anyone? Here’s a free friendship tip: if somebody treats you [...]
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ShareLessons in the Gym In my twenty-five (plus) years of managing gyms, owning gyms and working on gym floors, I’d say that about one person per year asked me about my qualifications and academic background. Yep, one person. In my time as a trainer, I personally completed more than 40,000 (mostly one-on-one) sessions. That’s a [...]
ShareA Different Paradigm I’m always amused when someone assumes that everyone thinks like they do. For some reason, they expect other people to view the world (situation, relationship, challenge) through their eyes. Interestingly, in most instances, nothing could be further from the truth. Just in case you don’t know; nobody sees the world (exactly) like [...]
ShareLook Past the Cover and Turn the Pages If you want to know someone then know where they’ve been, what they’ve seen and what they’ve experienced. If you want to understand them, understand their history. Or, at the very least, make an effort to. Every person has their own unique story. Their own version of reality. Their [...]
ShareRelationships 101 Today’s post is not so much a personal development piece as it is me thinking out loud. As I do. If anything, I’d probably call it an opinion piece. That is, a few thoughts based on my observations, interactions and personal experiences. Which could be a dangerous thing to share. Naturally, some people [...]
ShareGreat With Words, Not So Good With People Have you noticed how some people are great at speaking but not so good at communicating? That is, they seem to have an adequate vocabulary and more-than-adequate speaking skills but for some reason (or reasons) they just don’t communicate effectively with others. They talk a lot but [...]
ShareEver feel like you’re all of the above? Me too. Welcome to the club. It’s bigger than you might think. Pack Creatures On some level, we’re all seeking approval, permission, acceptance, connection and love. It’s what we do. Sometimes, that seeking is apparent (to others) and sometimes, it’s well hidden. Wanting to belong is how we humans [...]
SharePants on Fire Hi Guys. I’ve written about lying before but not in any great detail. Some researchers suggest that the average person lies three times every ten minutes in conversation but for all we know, that could be a lie. I find it a fascinating subject to explore mostly because so few people are honest [...]
ShareAm Not, You Are Of course, today’s post is all in the name of fun so before anyone gets precious, defensive or hurt… don’t. If we can’t take the piss from time to time, then we’re all taking life and ourselves too seriously. After all, I’m almost a man myself. And what was the genesis [...]
ShareOnce Upon a Time… Once upon a time here at me-dot-com we had a weekly cyber-get-together where some of my readers would walk up to the front of our cyber-classroom and share some of their wisdom, ideas, insight and theories on life and the complexities that lie therein. That is, they would teach the rest [...]
