The Who Are You Podcast #20 – Work-Life Balance

The Who Are You Podcast #20 – Work-Life Balance

A CIPD report on 24th April 2018 said that its survey of 6000 British employees shows that regarding Work-life balance, “The average employee works five hours per week more than they would like to” and that “Nearly two-thirds (63%) would like to reduce their hours.” In its article on Work-Life Balance, the Australian Institute…

The Who Are You podcast #19 – Practical Philosophy

Brain’s ‘internal compass’ found By Smitha Mundasad, Health reporter, BBC News, 19 December 2014.  This refers to a compass located in a specific part of the brain, which guides us in the physical world. I’m convinced that there is also a compass for use in navigating the mental world or the world in our minds, with…

The Who Are You Podcast #18 – Loosen the Grip of the Past

A writer in “The Weekend” said the joker in the Batman movies is his favourite character because you didn’t know his past but you knew his plans.  As you watched him, I felt I only knew his present and could only guess at his plans. For most of us, our past is dominant in our…

The Who Are You Podcast #17 – Happiness

“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose” – Tom Wilson. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present” – Jim Rohn. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will…

The Who Are You Podcast #16 – Musings in the Middle

Are you feeling the squeeze from opposing sides, opposing demands, opposing desires?  Are you tempted to play it safe and avoid taking a position?  Is there a place and time for compromise and flexibility, and how could one recognise it? Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature…Avoiding danger is no safer in…