Hierarchies, titles, talk of synergy, unscrupulous practices and team building seminars are the stale crusts of the 20th century. Corporations now masquerade under a new image; offices are bathed in colourful furniture and edifying wall slogans and the spin and squeak of chairs is no longer the only fun to be had. It’s less austere, more playful, or at least disguised to be...
Read MoreWe now have the tools to dictate our value – which has a far longer shelve life...
Read More1/ Escape. 2/ Become somebody else. 3/ Reprogram your mindset. 4/ Turn off the devices. 5/ Quit living through contrast.
Read MoreNo one wants to fail. But we don’t all necessarily want to succeed, either...
Read More1/ Empathy. 2/ Recalcitrance. 3/ Ability to live in the present. 4/ Live without distraction....
Read MoreSolitude is both positive and beneficial and, for the ambitious, necessary. You won’t spend your time contemplating possible X Factor winners; you’ll devote yourself to self-reflection – nurturing an unbreakable and myopic vision for the future that sets you in the crowning chair...
Read MoreWe’re trying to recollect futures we once dreamt of. The stream of new Star Wars films isn’t likely to end any time soon. Chock-full of homages and references to the original trilogy, before we had a brash and over eager Anakin Skywalker to contend with, Star Wars’ revival is testament to just how far we’ve entrenched ourselves in a memory. Like similar trilogy revisits, the new movies regurgitate the creative energy of their predecessors, rehashing the same basic premise and storyline to electrified fanfare. Because we’re not after something different. We’re looking to reclaim an instant of our childhoods, a memory, a cultural concern that supersedes reality TV shows and entertainment squeezed through a celebrity culture gone awry. But that’s just one example...
Read MoreFor anybody striving towards a goal, it’s important to pause and take stock of your work-life balance. Burn out affects the best of us in different ways, and it starts when ‘reason’ becomes disconnected from ‘result’. Going full throttle in circles means you’re not really moving at all – you’re just suspended repeating the same motion without a real horizon – without an actual goal. Eventually, everybody comes to a halt and wonders where they’re headed...
Read MoreBusiness life is rarely smooth sailing for new start-ups. Amidst market saturation and a thousand and one competitors, only certain characteristics, attributes and mindsets are left to determine those that will and won’t survive...
Read MoreApathy has a way with the modern world; we adjust. From raising the ‘end is nigh’ sign, our arms become tired. We don’t really believe in the sentiment, nor are convinced of our ability to speak out against a movement that we cannot feign to understand. For many, those that voted for Brexit – and similarly for Trump in the US – are the elusive unspoken, quietly living amongst us, but beneath the platform of social media. Until the unveiling of their collective power, their existence was pushed aside...
Read MoreMany of us are institutionalised by our existences; they may not be good for us, but in a world where money decorates who we are, it’s enough to feel comfortable and know we’re keeping to the path. It’s rare, but we do also have triumphs of individuality – moments in which we glimpse something through the trees that is worth taking the risk for. Relationships, passions, loves – a finite tableau of ever-tantalising objects that many of us will yearn for, but seldom dare to reach...
Read MoreOur consumption of mass media, often masquerading under the guises of culture, is forcibly gluttonous. That’s not to say we don’t desire a portion of it, but our psychological want far exceeds our appetite, or ability register that which we’re presented with. The change in cultural consumption can, in fact, be correlated to the change in food consumption...
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