Who gives permission for fearless creativity? We live in a society that seemingly embraces the dictum - It is easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission. We live in a society in which men mock their friends as “whipped” if they so much as consult their life-partner on a decision. At every step, we are…

Us or Them? I’m sure you’ve heard of transference. Most of us know of transference in the context of psychological counselling. You know — the patient develops feelings for their shrink. …

Time to Change My writing is usually prompted by a title. That’s how my mind works. Not today. Things are a bit different today. Whether that difference will turn out to be better or worse remains to be seen. If you’ve been following my writing on Medium, you’ve probably gathered that I’m going…

Even when life has repeatedly kicked the crap out of us, we still have moments of optimism. We still occasionally (okay, nearly always) wish that we, and our lives, could be better than they are. Some of our first conscious thoughts as an infant, probably had to do with ambitions…

Not Just A Hipster-esque Catch-Word In recent times, “mindfulness” has become one of those words that often causes grimaces, and surreptitious searches for the nearest exit. There are certain people you just don’t want to be trapped with in a lift. …

Or — A Plot to Maintain the Status Quo I can’t remember how many times, during my youth, I heard things like, “Curiosity killed the cat”. I’m sure most of you had similar experiences. Many of the questions we asked as children, were answered with a “curiosity killed the cat”-type brush-off. I’d love to be able to say that…

Hacking Creativity Sometimes a week doesn’t go quite as planned. Sometimes that week is a year. Sometimes, it may feel more like a lifetime. So, when weeks like that crop up, what do you do? What happens when you sit down to write in the suddenly, critically-limited time available, and … nothing. …

The biggest — best-known — least used secret for success? Last week, I wrote about Equality, Equity, and Freedom. Ironically, it currently (at time of writing) seems to be one of my least popular articles, ever. None-the-less, I will keep the promise I made in that article. (you should read last week’s article to get full value from this one) …

… all men are created equal … Human equality, and its resultant human rights, are loudly, proudly, and persistently touted as a founding concept of western civilisation. The United States Declaration of Independence, adopted in 1776, contains the following statement : We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are…