04 April 2010
 I've come to realise that for the most part, there is a majority of people who look for similarities in life rather than to look for difference. I think that part is obvious, similarities are a known thing, and therefore even if it is not entirely safe, it is manageable.
Difference however is a much trickier thing to deal with. I mean, it is difference that separates people, it is difference that creates wars and problems between countries, and between friends. In fact ever since man learnt how to walk on two legs, it is these differences that have create a separatist way of thinking amongst us human beings, however, did you ever stop to think that this very difference is also the prime cause for Mans continual search for truth and the advancement of civilization.
Think about it for second, there are more than enough examples of people seeking out similarities in the world. When people immigrate to a new city, they tend to find homes near people who are similar. When visiting another country, people feel at ease when they encounter people from the same background.
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08 August 2009
 Why is it that there is this overwhelming notion that it takes a certain amount of effort before something is achieved? I was on the way back from central London after hosting a travel meetup event and I overheard a group of people talking about a friend of theirs who had “paid their dues” and thus “deserved” the reward he was getting.This got me thinking, why did they believe this to be true? What was it in their thinking that meant they had associated reward and fulfilment with the fact that a certain amount of time and/or effort had to be exerted first?It was through my understanding that their perception of this notion that time served equals reward had been taught to them by the experiences and learnings they had whilst they were growing up.In fact it was Dr Morris Massey’s work on values which described 3 major periods where our core notions are created. Read the rest of this entry »
08 June 2009
 You know that 90% of an iceberg lies underneath the surface of the water and the term “tip of the iceberg” is generally used on a problem of difficulty, meaning that the visible trouble is only a small manifestation of a much bigger issue.So often the problems we face in life are only manifestations of a much larger problem, and often aren’t even related. What might take years of “soul searching” in order to find resolution might take an experienced life coach to ascertain with clever questioning and intuitive digging.At least you’ve identified that there is an iceberg ahead, and not too late too, unlike the victims of the Titanic. This already gives you more of a head start than those people who simply go from one issue to another, crashing and burning each time, compounding their mistakes and making their lives miserable. As is said before, what you focus on, you will receive.
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05 May 2009
 The events over the weekend really got me thinking about patterns and how we are all living in this world which is seemingly chaotic at best, but is really run on models and patterns.You wake up, go to work, come home, sit down, eat and go to bed. Somewhere in between you might throw in a few nights out to see friends, then you repeat the process week after week without random interjection. Everything we do in life is a pattern, from the way you brush your teeth, to the decision strategy you employ to cross busy roads. For the most part this works really well, after all, we need structure to enable us to live our lives in the best possible efficiency, however you must also be self aware enough to shake it up and do something different from time to time.Read the rest of this entry »
04 April 2009
 Everybody’s understanding of what is or isn’t real, is unique unto themselves. The way you might see an apple sitting on a table would be completely different to how I might see the same apple on the same table. Similarly the context of the statement must be placed in order to provide further meaning. The table could be in the middle of the desert or out on a spaceship orbiting Mars. The apple would look very different then. Of course the ultimate context is time, the same apple 100 years ago would be a gene structure in an atom on a apple tree somewhere and the same apple 100 years in the future would be dust, or a forest of apple trees.So what do I mean by perception of reality? Well it’s been scientifically shown that every second the human brain receives over 2 billion bits of data. This is everything you experience from the sounds you hear, things you see, food you eat, even down to the unconscious feelings you get whilst you sleep.If we were to store and process this amount of data, we’d go insane instantly. The way our brains manage this information is to filter out what our perceptual filters deem as unnecessary for us to know. In the end, we store and process only a tiny fraction of the data we actually receive.The question you might wonder about is how our filters are created? Well these are determined over time through our models of communication. They come from attitudes, beliefs, traditions, meta-programs, media, marketing, parental guidance etc. Read the rest of this entry »
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