Get less hangry and make more friends Despite the preponderance and popularity of cooking shows in the last decade, the prospect of spending an hour chopping and frying and standing next to a stove is enough to put many people off cooking entirely. Many of us found ourselves having to learn how to boil an […]
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 […]