Who Is Geoff Thompson?
The last time I mentioned the name of Geoff Thompson in this blog was in relation to a workshop I was running called Streetwise: How to Protect Yourself Against Aggression. Geoff is a former bouncer and self-defence expert whose autobiography Watch My Back has enjoyed tremendous success. He has now branched out into other areas of writing. I mention him because I’ve spent the last...
Read MoreCurry and The Three Degrees (Of Happiness)
I had a mini-epiphany the other day. This happens to me recurrently, especially after eating my wife’s curry. I take it as yet another proof of the mind-body linkage. What happens is that there are two bits of information floating around in my brain that suddenly decide they are related. As a consequence, I go Eureka! This time it has to do with the thought of two seemingly different...
Read MoreIs Deception ‘All in the Mind’?
For those of you – like me – interested in the heady mix of lie-detection and body language, there was a great piece on BBC Radio 4′s All in the Mind last week. Here’s the blurb. “Trying to spot when somebody is telling lies has probably preoccupied mankind since the earliest humans. Who’s eaten more than their fair share of seeds and berries; who’s...
Read MoreFormulas For Success and Happiness
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill - Fifteen percent concentrated power of will - Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain - And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! So says the gang from Fort Minor in their high-motivational song Remember The Name, background music to many a martial movie trailer from Fighting to the new Karate Kid. But are their percentages...
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