Posts Tagged ‘Education’

 

Why I Am So Proud Of My Mother

I want to let the world know that I am so proud of my mother. I want to shout it from the rooftops. So listen up world as I’m going to brag about some of the wonderful accomplishments that she has achieved throughout her lifetime to date. Firstly she gave birth to me. Wow! Now [...]

4 Life Lessons I Learnt In My First Year After Leaving School

On leaving school I found myself, surrounded by thousands of students, studying for a science degree at Sydney University. From day one I was floundering. The reason I had accepted this career path was really more to do with ego(an inflated feeling of pride) than it had to do with career choice. The fact was, [...]

15 Books That Destroyed My ‘Mediocre’ Life

Someone once said to me that the position we will find ourselves in our life in the next five years will be in direct relation to the people we associate with and the books we read. Well I can’t introduce you personally to the wonderful people who have influenced my life in the past years, [...]

The Prestigious Academy Of Failure

‘I would sooner fail than not be amongst the greatest.’ John Keats I am a graduate of the ‘Academy Of Failure’. In fact, I have a ‘PhD in Failure’, and some of my professors and instructors have had the following surnames: ‘Blunder, Mistake, Error, Fault, Omission, Miss, Oversight, Slip, Trip, Stumble, Faux Pas, Scrape, Mess, [...]

To Be Full You Must First Be Empty

‘Empty your purse into your mind, and what is in your mind will fill your purse.’ Benjamin Franklin There have been a number of times throughout my adult life, to the horror of my wife – and yet to her credit – she has always supported me in it, that I have emptied not only [...]