**Warning: Well-deserved cursing ahead. Yeeeeaaaah, let me know how that works out for ya. Whatever, man; I hope you find peace. We all have our own journey — you do you. God bless you. All of the above are suggested acceptable alternatives to saying, “F*ck off.” An article here labels these “enlightened.” An article there says they “work better” than your traditional middle finger of a phrase. My problem with every single one of them? They’re not at all enlightened…

Three things you can do that will help make consumer activism start working for society rather than against it — One of the biggest problems facing the modern world, a problem which has been greatly exacerbated by the creation of the Internet, is the fact that it pays far more to divide people than it does to unite them. This is why the activist scene is so blighted with the…

Potent habits that can reveal a person’s character. — Without a doubt, one of the best life skills there are is the ability to gauge a person’s character and personality accurately. It’ll help you find stronger relationships and avoid a lot of pain and frustration. Of all the many different methods, I’ve learned seven over the years that have…

It can transform everything, but it’s really f*cking hard to find. — Last year, I wrote an article about the little signs that can tell you a lot about people, which went viral. It was read over a quarter million times on Medium and received over 21,200 claps. One of those signs was: “How their car looks.” I deliberately wrote it in…

Unless you’re Scandinavian, you probably haven’t heard of the 2-duvet system — It’s next to impossible to be healthy, fit and productive if you haven’t had a good night’s sleep. As a long-term insomniac, I know whereof I speak. Earlier this year I came across an idea that changed my life by improving the quality of my sleep. One of those random-but-not-random…

One size doesn’t really fit all — There are people in real life and on social media platforms seeking advice for all sorts of things. They may go deep and personal. It may be a work-related question. At times, it screams with sadness and struggles. You hate to think that their question, their need, may go unanswered. …

Often when we think we are hungry we are actually thirsty, this leads us to eat when we don’t need to — Hunger is a more powerful force than both fear and thirst. This is despite the fact that we would die of thirst long before we died of hunger. …

The things we say to ourselves have more effect than we think — What if every day when you wake up you tell yourself that you are not good enough, how are you going to feel? What we say to ourselves matters, what we acknowledge of ourselves matters. …

If you want to become great at maths, here’s how — When it comes to mathematics it is well documented that Asian countries tend to on average do better than Western countries. …

If you have these twelve traits, then there is a high chance you are highly intelligent — When it comes to genius, people are just born with it and it is as simple as that, you either have it or you don’t, intelligence is different. It is earned, and everybody can be intelligent if they wish to be. Here are twelve signs that typically show a person…

Here are three writing techniques that have the power to improve your mental health and your relationships — The written word is everywhere, it is what powers the modern world, it is what created the modern world. Without it, we would still be living like cavemen. But there are still many ways in which the written word can help us which we do not realise. Here are three…

I used to be trapped in an endless war of my own making, this question helped me escape it — Back in 2008, I tore the scapholunate ligament in my right wrist. Despite this, mentally I remained in a world where I could still use my hands without any problems. My mind was unable to compute even the thought of not returning to exactly how I was — two fully…

I was one of those people who others frequently took advantage of, these are the lessons I learned that changed that — Human relationships, whether they be friendship-based ones, romantic-based ones, family-based ones, workplace-based ones, whatever, are bound by one desire: to keep the peace. In this desire is the problem, when someone starts to take advantage of you, to stop them, you have to break the peace.

Learning to identify if you are the problem is one of the best skills you can learn — Sometimes in life, we think that the problem is other people, but rarely in life do we ever think that the problem is us ourselves. An ex-girlfriend of mine years back was in this situation. Everywhere she went, drama seemed to follow her. …

Why quitting moderate drinking can help you achieve your goals — ‘When you quit drinking you stop waiting” — Caroline Knapp Could alcohol be stopping you from being your best self? Research has proved that even moderate drinking* prevents optimum brain functioning. …

Self-discipline comes not from resisting temptation, but from resisting being around temptation — As a photographer you come across many people, one person I became friends with was a priest. He had a love for landscape photography, and we frequently swapped tips for locations. …

If you want to be successful, these five books will help you understand what you need to do — There are gazillions of books out there that claim that if you read them, your life will be transformed, and you will become super successful. These five books make no such bold claims, what they do instead is teach you the tools of success. …

“You only have to get things right a few times” — Warren Buffett — When reading, “The Warren Buffett Way,” I came across a line that has been running around in my head ever since — “You only have to get things right a few times. 12 investment decisions in my career have made all the difference.” Having recently turned 40 years old, it…

Being positive is a way of thinking, and these are the three key traits you need to embrace that way of thinking — One of the most important facts I have learned is that negativity is like a virus, and once it gets into your system it can be very difficult to get out. …

Few things influence what we do more than the people we meet — Despite the pushback from everyone around him and dwindling funds in his bank account, on a lonely spring night, the young man closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slid the check into the mail. Weeks later, while walking the pristine campus before the first day of the summer…