After Notre Dame was ransacked and burnt during the French Revolution oak trees were planted in Versailles, in case it ever happened again, to provide wood for the roof and specifically for the spire.

95% of the time people in close relationships can not guess the other’s person’s motivation, this was discovered in a study done in the late 90’s using married couples, siblings, and close friends.

The hero at the end of the story is either,

A quote I’ve been pondering lately, not sure who said it, but I heard it from Mark Forrester (cofounder of Woo Themes and Woo Commerce)

Instructions for living a life:

At the end of the story the hero changes. She becomes someone better, or reunites with someone, or discovers she had what she wanted all along (ruby slippers anyone?).

We’re back, after a fantastic week on the slopes with awesome friends. It being my first time on skis, the slopes taught me quite a few life lessons.

The big difference between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is the ability to organise and collaborate.  

It might be possible to fill

Don’t show me your mission statement, show me your story.’ A friend of mine,

Kathi, one of my mentors, always draws my attention to this. What looks fair, good, and like a win, often isn’t.

Here are three questions that will send you on a quest. These three questions are the basic questions that frame every story and they will help you get clarity and plot a course in life and work.

The author of ‘Wild’ , Cheryl Strayed, says that a story basically has three parts: 

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life.

Someone once described the unconscious mind as ‘the room beneath the floor’, the place that we know is there but we prefer not to go.

A century ago, just before the Great War, at a time when scientific a technological advancement was at an all time high, Winston Churchill was quoted saying,

A few years back we chose to go and live in another city, it was one of the best decisions we ever made. Let me be clear, it wasn’t easy…

We are all so aware of the dangers of stress that we miss out on the good stuff, positive stress..

A friend of mine, Maryke, has a saying she usually throws out during an insane CrossFit workout;