Life

What To Do When Your World Shatters

“Why are you not being everything you can be right now?” – Gabrielle Bouliane

Life's short. I've had enough loss in my life to always remind me you never know how much time you have to make the most of what you've got.

I follow the advice of one of my mentors, living each day as if it's my last, but planning to live 100 years. I never let fear or resistance get in the way. It's a path of giving my best where I have my best to give, living my values, following my growth, and creating the experiences I want in my life.

Ali Hale on 10 Great Lessons in Life

I'm 25, and over the past decade, I've been in school, university, full time work, freelance work and entrepreneurial work. At the moment, I make my living writing (part-time) and I spend the rest of my time taking a creative writing MA and working on a novel.

These are ten lessons I've learnt (often the hard way!) over the past decade:

3 Keys to The Good Life

I've been asking people inside and outside Microsoft what their definition is of … the good life. I think it's important, so you know what it is when you've got it, or you know what is is that you’re chasing, so you can make smarter choices.

How Work is Like a Rubber Ball that Bounces Back

Some things bounce back, and some things don’t … Sometimes the right metaphor helps us see things in a new way, or just right. In his 30 second speech on work-life balance, Brian Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola) gives us a powerful metaphor for thinking about what bounces back, and what does not:

The Best Sites for Inspiration and Insights

"Life is a big canvas, throw all the paint on it you can." -- Danny Kaye

The Web is a fountain of knowledge, especially if you know where to drink from. This post is a quick tour of some of the main sites I use that make me think.