All it takes is a little time, thought and some beetroot brownies You may or may not remember how to find the Highest Common Factor of say, 54 and 30. It’s simply a special value that connects the numbers. It shows that even though two numbers may seem different, when you break them down properly, […]
My Sister Knew The Keys To A Good Life By The Age of Three
Unintentionally, but still In a home video that will remain forever etched in our family history, my younger sister KD (aged two at the time) recounts a bedtime story. It involves a girl (we’ll call her Mia) who makes friends with several animals in a forest. At one point in her animated retelling of the […]
Why You Should Play Devil’s Advocate All The Time
What if the opposite of what you believe is true? Every number has a kind of opposite called a reciprocal. The reciprocal of 2 is 1/2, because dividing by 2 has the same effect as multiplying by 1/2: 10 ÷ 2 = 5 10 x 1/2 = 5 Reciprocals also teach us that everything (including a number!) can be […]
Don’t Mind The Gap
Instead, choose to enjoy living in it Ira Glass, the American radio host, famously described what he called the taste gap, experienced by anyone who begins to do creative work. When you begin a creative endeavour, the contrast between the level of work you are producing at and the level you’d like to be at can […]