• Control

    From the days of Ancient Greece and Socrates, there has been a valorisation of self-discovery: finding the person you are deep inside you and developing greater parts of you. The modern emphasis on self-improvement and self-development has self-discovery at its foundation. But, whereas self-discovery was about finding who I am originally, the modern approach to…


  • There is no real alternative to patience

    The idea of patience has been at the top of my mind recently. There are a lot of skills that really support the achievement of success. But a lot of those skills are replaceable with another apt skill. You dont have to be a high-stakes risk taker to be successful (even if it helps), you…


  • Moving beyond manifestation

    I like some of the manifestation techniques because they require you to get really clear on the goals and to make an effort to achieve them. But I realised that I was becoming too dependent on emotional work at the expense of real physical world action. My only activity in pursuit of my goals became…