by Frances | Oct 27, 2018 | Mindset
Book Excerpt – Chapter One – Restlessness Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.” Thomas Edison Restless, unsettled and unhappy. It was the unhappiness that...
by Frances | Oct 12, 2018 | Mindset
Mental re-framing, the art and skill of looking at a situation or feeling, differently. If you want to be happier this is a skill worth developing. It’s easier than you might think. Thinking being the operative word. You see what you’re thinking about any situation...
by Frances | Sep 7, 2018 | Mindset
Novelty, and the willingness to try new things, is good for body and mind. While we might say we are perfectly happy sticking to our well versed and predictable patterns of behaviour, science tells us we might want to re-think that. We now know that besides...
by Frances | Aug 10, 2018 | Mindset
When is the last time you sent someone an honest to goodness handwritten, anything, in the mail? Yeah, I can’t really remember either. But today, I watched a great interview about why you might just want to consider this practice. These days, technology is king. I...
by Frances | Jul 13, 2018 | Mindset
“To be more interesting, be more interested.” How interesting are you? Maybe more than you realize. Have you ever met someone who doesn’t know something you take for granted knowing? I have. Sometimes, you don’t know what you know, until you meet someone...
by Frances | Jul 2, 2018 | Mindset
For startup entrepreneurs, there is far more money going out than coming in. It is a balancing act. Determining where and how you will spend your money and how you will try and save it. Which leads me to the question of, dare I say it, the morality of using unpaid...
