Swart Donkey

Eternity is a concept that is hard to wrap our heads around. We think in contrast and action, and stories. Stories of change and growth. It’...

Insurance is a Grudge Purchase. You don’t see the benefits when things are going well. When things go wrong, it is tough to feel good about...

In my experience, whether it is the Corporate, Political, Academic, or even the Wellbeing and Voluntary World, the common niggle in our da...

Derren Brown debunks magicians. A lot of things seem like magic. Things we don't understand . British Science Fiction Writer Arthur C. ...

Human Brilliance is partly over-confidence, the ability to make and tolerate mistakes, and the ability to believe things the evidence doesn...

Yoga is the stilling of the mind. There are various ways to do that. Vedantic Philosophy talks of four paths. Through knowledge, devotion, ...

There is a big difference between being something, and feeling something. The things we are,  are permanent. I am angry, is different from...

A big part of our strength as humans comes from our forgetfulness and our detachment from our memories. Things are there, but only if they ...

Strong and weak are not opposites. One reason vulnerability is difficult to show is because it feels like the price is respect. We only hav...

I've read the bible front to back 3, maybe 4 times (I can't remember), and probably two of my favourite books are Ecclesiastes and ...

We view the world relative to our expectations . Some believe you need to visualise success in order to achieve it. Remove doubt. The step...

I don't believe we have the 'unit' of who we are correct. Stopping at identity is lazy. There are conflicting voices beneath ...

I find it easier to deal with my own stress than I do to deal with the stress of those I care about. In restaurants I struggle to even sit ...

I love playing Poker. I don't like gambling . Poker is the only Casino game I know of where the house has to explicitly take a little b...

There is something deeply condescending about some of the responses I hear, and feel myself, towards the rise of Trump. Before this (two) y...

You have to own your own irritation. We can also allow others to own theirs. I am an overly sensitive chap. Always have been. I hate gettin...

Maintaining the ability to walk away doesn't mean you don't value something. It means you have perspective. A view above addictions...

Our memories are multi-sensory. The way we experience the world determines what matters to us . What matters to us determines what we remem...

We love stories. They tickle, inspire, anger, frighten or make bottom lips wobble. Stories give confidence to act even though we don't ...

There is a lot of talk around Safe Spaces at the moment, but two very different ideas of what that means. My understanding of the first way...