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I’ve long been intrigued by the innocuous power of Little Openings.
Say you are walking down a corridor with your hands full of papers and books. Before long, they start to slip. As you try to stabilise the falling papers, the rest go down in a clatter and flutter. However, a passerby in the corridor kneels down to help you pick everything up. They say hello. You say th...
The 3 Phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation
I expect you have heard of El Niño. Huge parts of the world, if not all of us in some way, are affected by El Niño, or, more completely, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). ENSO is a weather pattern that varies over a period of years. From typical conditions, to El Niño (the boy), the warm phase, to La Niña ...
It can be extremely frustrating to be separated from your pickles or jams by only a powerful twist of a jar top.
Can’t open a jar? Here are my personally tried and tested methods of escalation:
1. Grip and turn harder (and breathe out)
Sounds dumb, but often we have that little bit of extra in us that we didn’t realise. Go on, give it some w...
Abraham Lincoln stands among the most admired US presidents. Apart from his deeds and what he stood for, from what I’ve read, he also appears kind and wise.
As a model for behaviour, Dale Carnegie points out Lincoln’s humble and kind approach several times in his awkwardly titled book,