Category: Paul’s Monday Tips

Lawn mower cutting down flowers

The sadness of dead daffodils

It is spring, and the daffodils are coming up. In a park near here, the lawnmower cut down a bed ...
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Call of the siren

Are you listening to the siren call from the past?

It is often in the times that we think of as hard, tough and difficult that we make the biggest ...
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Squirrel studying and learning

Knowing about stuff is overrated

We are encouraged to learn. Fair enough. Why? To improve our lives and the lives of those around us. (That’s ...
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Rubik-magic-cube-practice-skill

Use it or lose it

I have noticed over this last year of pandemic measures that there are some things I am doing more of ...
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Road-sign-20mph-speed-limit-residential-area

How can you drive at 20mph?!!!

Have you noticed there are more and more suburban areas in London and elsewhere that are now 20mph areas? Someone ...
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Mattress and teddy bear

The wrong mattress!

The delivery arrived. It was earlier than expected. Great! I unpacked it with anticipation and discovered it was the wrong ...
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Turbulent sky

Turbulent times? Definitely!

By any definition, times right now are turbulent and this quote from Peter Drucker is so apt. “The greatest danger ...
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Sloth clinging to branch

The most dangerous words in business are…

“The most dangerous words in business are, ‘We’ve always done it this way'” says Darren Murph, the head of remote ...
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Lessons from a squirrel

It’s early morning, and the sunrise is spectacular. I am watching the bright pink clouds move slowly behind the silhouette ...
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Man spoon feeding a toddler

Hold your own spoon

Oh no! Not again 🙁 Another question from someone who could have figured it out for themselves and instead they ...
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