Philosophy

The “marinate”

The term “marinating” is not unknown in the cooking world. We recognize the value of drenching something in another thing, then to spend time on it, in order to get a good product at the end. This is a tried and tested method and one that we acknowledge “the longer the better”.

The boy who cried wolf

The boy who cried wolf is a story that many of us would know. It’s about a boy who treks up to the mountain and cries for help, and everyone comes to help. But to his dismay, he did it once too many times and when he actually needed help, no one believed it and didn’t come to rescue him.

The golden snitch

What we can learn from Harry Potter

Seizing the opportunity — I refer to this as the “golden snitch moment”.

The golden snitch is the fast miniature flying ball that zips around the quidditch tournament in Harry Potter. It’s fast, it’s quick, and…

Uncharted territories

Those that are new are probably better than you

Growing up, my parents was a real stickler when it came to grammar. It may be because we’re not native English speakers and they wanted me to be fluent, or it may be because of where they came from, English = grammar.

Closure

Is it ready to be closed?

Closure is what I seek when I want a chapter to end. This can be applied to either something naturally closing, or something that I want to move away from.

Closure isn’t just about ‘closing’ something (e.g. finishing a project, or…

The thin-skull rule.

Who is to blame?

The “thin-skull rule” is something that I learned in law school today. It’s the principle of common law where if you flick so light that it can break a skull, because the person’s skull was particularly thin, you are still at fault.

The future

The future is not “great”, you are

The future is great because it is unknown. You can be optimistic and dream about how great it will be. How different you will be from the present. How much will have changed. How all of your problems will have be solved.

Getting caught

Be expected to be caught when you lie.

To live under a lie it’s a life where you’re constantly running away and hiding and living in fear.

The only way to not live in fear is to always be honest and tell the truth.

Principles

Being “principled” doesn’t make you boring, it makes you morally right

The thing about principles is it doesn’t make the situation or your argument any more valid. It doesn’t change the facts. But it does, however, remind people of what the common values and ideologies are. What we…

Life’s greatest leaps: Part 3 — The ledge

“Maybe we all just need a ledge to jump off before we test our wings.” — my favourite journal/blogger