Episode 14: Win or Learn
“I never lose. I either win or I learn.” – Nelson Mandela Failure is important; if you are a trapeze artist. If every move was a guaranteed success there would be no tension, no excitement no show.…
“I never lose. I either win or I learn.” – Nelson Mandela Failure is important; if you are a trapeze artist. If every move was a guaranteed success there would be no tension, no excitement no show.…
”Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right!” – Henry Ford ”Whoa Emma, hold it right there. Do you mean to tell me you flush the toilet…
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it’s letting go.”– Herman Hesse I licked my thumb to turn the page of my book, glancing up for the first…
I leaned over to claim the five pence from the kerb, examining both sides respectively to check it was real. It was rare to find money at school, a shiny piece of treasure…
When I reached what looked like the centre of the bridge, I tentatively placed both my hands on the cold metal bar, leaning into it, to peer meekly over the edge. I’d been…
“Happiness is the joy we feel moving towards our potential” -The Ancient Greeks. I must be crazy for trying this, I snorted mockingly at myself and gently shook my head. I propped up…
I coaxed my focus away from an empty daydream and turned my desk clock to face me, 03.43am. I sighed. Fourteen hours until my thesis deadline. I’d been awake for 2 days straight,…
The change of scenery was very welcome I thought to myself, as I sat down to breakfast. A two day residential course at a beautiful and quintessentially English training site, with 30 foot…
‘Ding!’ I’d reached the ground floor of the Cairns International Pullman Hotel. It was mid-October and just rolling into summer in Queensland, I stepped over the threshold into the main foyer and was…
One morning last week I made my usual trundle down the stairs, wearing my pyjama substitutes (an old painting top and some oversized joggers), filled the percolator from the boiling water tap, spooned…