Two British researchers have confirmed something I’ve long suspected: in the aggregate, sports make us less happy. Personally, I don’t watch any sports or support any teams. For years, I’ve been telling people it’s because I don’t want to put my happiness in the hands of the members of a football team.
By Alec Hogg We can learn much from dead guys. Including some who lived thousands of years ago. When life was slower. When there was more time to think. Over the weekend I was reminded of this when researching the concept of courage. It led to the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. He called courage The … Read more
Hi there, As a journalist I’ve always been fascinated by body language experts. Those who explain how someone with folded arms is actually showing they’re closed to outside opinions; or how liars tend to flicker their eyes to the left when answering a searching question. Body language is useful for those of us who never … Read more
Here’s some great  midweek brain food. Andrew Horton, a business keynote speaker based in SA and operating internationally, spends a lot of time reading and thinking about issues the rest of us drop down the priority list because they don’t fit into busy daily schedules. In this blog, he looks at how to stimulate creativity … Read more