By Reg Scheepers
I’m aware that there are those who think all of us are just a huge collection of cosmic accidents, that our only purpose in life is survival and reproduction. I think that’s a self-centered, sad opinion to have and a sad premise to live your life by. There is a significant purpose behind our being on the planet.
Most of us don’t know what our purpose on the planet is but finding out is part of the fun, especially once you have some clues about how to go about it.
Here are a few hints to help you discover your purpose… Read more »
By Reg Scheepers
We are limited by what we think others think of us, more so than many of us realize and certainly more than we would like to admit. How we act and don’t act is largely dependent on how we think others expect us to act or not act, which is why we can be one person with some people, and a completely different person in front of other people.
Have you heard about Kitty Genovese, the woman who was killed near her apartment in New York? About a dozen people heard or saw this and yet nobody did anything to help.
Though information later emerged to show that this was probably not a good example of what is now termed ‘the bystander effect‘, it did prompt studies to be conducted which proved the bystander effect is real, i.e. our environment, not just our personality has a huge effect on how we respond to any given situation. Read more »
By Reg Scheepers
As you may or may not know I run a company called Brothers in Beat. The main service is a unique twist on a well-known team building activity called team building drum circles. One of our corporate drumming events was for a company called Telemasters.
At the company I worked for before I started Brothers in Beat, the boss tried his level best to ensure there would never be familiarity… by being a prick. At the Telemasters event I remember instantly noticing two things: Read more »
By Reg Scheepers
I was reading a post on Jason Cohen’s blog A Smart Bear where he refers to another blog which talked about improving our productivity by 1% every day, and in so doing, by the end of the year, being 37 times more productive.
Jason voiced disagreement over whether it’s possible in reality to become 37 times more productive, even if it’s mathematically possible.
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