Month: October 2021

📅 Thought for today: ‘I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.’ — Xenophon #thoughtfortoday #teacher #teaching #learning #pupil #education #training #exams It is the start of a new work week for me and my thoughts have turned to teaching. Or I should say…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Death twitches my ear; “Live,” he says… “I’m coming.”‘ — Virgil #thoughtfortoday #death #dying #living #therapist #birthday #curious #curiosity I know death on a Sunday morning is not going to be what everyone wants to hear me thinking about. As a therapist, death comes up in conversation more than it does…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Hyperbole is not easily dealt with. Usually, it collapses under its own weight.’ — Gwen Ifill #thoughtfortoday #hyperbole #exaggeration #extreme #algorithm #socialmedia #manipulation #amazing I was going to write about hyperbole, and the growth of exaggeration, particularly through social media. In order to attract attention, it seems everything is amazing, fabulous,…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.’   — Ian Fleming (Casino Royale, 1953)   #thoughtfortoday #bond #jamesbond #ianfleming #right #wrong #history #villains   I am off to see the latest James Bond…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.’ — Gary Chapman #thoughtfortoday #love #loving #relationship #friends #family #partner #children #therapy #therapist Who do you love? It is a serious question, can you make a list of all the people you love? If you did would…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it’s all at, it’s what lights the fire.’   — Bruce Springsteen   #thoughtfortoday #Boss #pessimism #optimism #tension #lightingthefire #fire #coach   Tension is a pulling force (compression is a pushing force).…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The good news about entrepreneurship is that your fate is in your hands. The bad news is that your fate is in your hands!’ — Guy Kawasaki #thoughtfortoday #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #goodnews #badnews #fate #responsibility #inyourhands #coach I was going to write about some good news I received today, and then realised…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don’t do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It’s like cause and effect.’   — Oprah Winfrey   #thoughtfortoday #Findhorn #Erraid #intention #intentional #purpose #curiosity #exploring #daydreaming   Intention and Impact – these…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.’ — Isaac Asimov #thoughtfortoday #IsaacAsimov #foundation #math #maths #mathematics #psychology #love #issues I was watching the new Foundation TV series last night. I loved it and imagine a lot of people won’t. I remember…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.’ — Albert Ellis #thoughtfortoday #rebt #albertellis #control #destiny #psychotherapist Albert Ellis has…