Photo by Scott Bird
By Scott Bird
After a nine year break, I began lifting weights again about four years ago. This absence had not done me any favors; and I was slow, weak and a little on the heavy side.
Having eventually made the decision to begin doing something (and believe me – after 9 years, [...]

This entry was posted on July 29, 2008 and is filed under: Health & Fitness - 23 Comments »

This is the full video of Randy Pausch’s famous last lecture. What an inspiration. Thank you Randy, and RIP.

This entry was posted on July 25, 2008 and is filed under: Life - 7 Comments »

I’m excited to announce my first e-book, A Year of Change, is available to download here:

A Year of Change – by Peter Clemens

The e-book includes my best articles from my first year of blogging both on this blog and Pick The Brain. Apart from the work that went into the articles originally, I have [...]

This entry was posted on July 23, 2008 and is filed under: Change, Personal Growth, Recommended Books - 16 Comments »

By David Bohl
Do you ever find yourself telling someone you’ve recently met the story of your life? You probably don’t think of it as a story, because to you it’s all factual. Truth is, we place a lot of interpretation on our life story. And when you remember how it was from the present day [...]

This entry was posted on July 21, 2008 and is filed under: Change, Life - 9 Comments »

By Ali Hale
Have you ever started keeping a journal – perhaps starting on a particular milestone like your birthday, or January 1st – only to give up after a few days or weeks? Like many projects which we’re initially enthusiastic about, writing daily or even weekly in a journal can all too quickly become a [...]

This entry was posted on July 16, 2008 and is filed under: Personal Growth - 42 Comments »

Photo by: Zana Stardust
By Peter Clemens
“Pulling weeds, picking stones. We are made of dreams and bones”
Currently I’m reading Beautiful Boy, a raw and compelling book in which a father describes his journey through his son’s addiction to methamphetamine. I must admit this book has hit a nerve, and I have found myself experiencing various emotions [...]

This entry was posted on July 14, 2008 and is filed under: Life, Parenting - 25 Comments »