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Stop counting on willpower. Have you been envious of people who seem to have so much willpower it never seems to wane? Well if it makes you feel any better, nobody, no – no – nobody has in...
Stephanie Staples Apr 28, 2016
Meet Kirk my new minimalist friend. Kirk comes from wealth but has chosen to live his life with as few possessions as possible. Kirk is a vegarian, lives off what he grows as much as possible and leav...
Stephanie Staples Apr 19, 2016
Ready for something completely different? If you like adventure and people and new experiences Couch Surfing may just be for you. In just a few short days, I stayed with a couple who had lived on a bo...
Stephanie Staples Apr 12, 2016
I have be practicing retro-walking or backward locomotion lately both to reduce the boredom of conventional walking and for the added health benefits. What I didn't expect was the unusual analogy to l...
Stephanie Staples Apr 10, 2016
Master Three-Point Communication Have you ever had to deliver negative feedback and found it extra difficult because the person in question didn’t take it so well, maybe they took it little to p...
Stephanie Staples Mar 30, 2016
Know when to take action Your colleague is late and it's affecting you. Your spouse says that certain word that gets your back up. Your kid left something at the top of the stairs instead of bringing ...
Stephanie Staples Mar 25, 2016
Do more autotelic things! The other day I stood on my head. "Why?" you ask? "Why not?" said I. I stood on my head because I can! I stood on my head because I hadn't done it in decades and I wondered i...
Stephanie Staples Mar 15, 2016
I was thinking about the word honour this week. Sometimes we honour people to acknowledge a special occasion for them, when a milestone is reached or when they have passed. Do you remember the last ti...
Stephanie Staples Mar 08, 2016
Be where you are. Do you ever find when you are at work you are thinking about everything that you are missing at home and when you are at home, you are spending too much time thinking about work. Whe...
Stephanie Staples Feb 17, 2016
Get ready, I’m on a rant. A poetic rant – but it’s a rant nonetheless. Enjoy. Or not. Either way, it felt good to get it out. The best or nothing, Go big or go home, You can have it ...
Stephanie Staples Jan 31, 2016