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Today the Paralympics end and I’ve been reflecting what it has all meant to me. One of the major themes has been about the Olympics’ capacity to defy labels. Labels can be useful to help us understand things and give … Continue reading
Of course, sport doesn’t really matter. Sport isn’t life and death. It isn’t war. Yet at the same time, for all the negative focus by the media before the games, the Olympics do matter. The key to understanding the Olympics … Continue reading
Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises. How to top Beijing? That was the question that rang in the air prior to the event. It seemed impossible, such was the unified precision, power and purpose of China’s message … Continue reading
I live a controlled life. I live by myself, work for myself and please myself most of the time. I’ve done this all my life, having learned to retreat into my room and fix my own problems from a very … Continue reading
Why do bright, motivated people get stuck in their careers? I’ve spent the last 10 years or so thinking about the issue and working with people who are stuck in this way. I write about this in my other blog, … Continue reading
Sometimes it’s hard to know how to start things. Especially big, important things. It feels like that first step has to be right or the plan has to be bottomed out, or the whole thing will fall apart. But one … Continue reading
Do you remember white dog poo? It seemed to be all over the place when I was growing up, but now I can’t remember the last time I saw any. What’s going on? The answer is that humans have decided … Continue reading
I know there are many people out there who don’t look forward to Christmas. Even though I generally love Christmas, I still sometimes feel dread at the thought of it. There’s a kind of pressure for it to be perfect … Continue reading
Jonny Wilkinson – a rugby player – is retiring. I know this may not immediately interest many readers here, but to me he was an amazing and complex character, whose story has relevance for all of us. Wilkinson was such … Continue reading
Steve Jobs once said that Apple’s mission was to ‘dent the universe’. That is, he was driven to make a difference in the world above and beyond profit. Yet other people – can’t think who – seem to have far … Continue reading
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