Photo by Eternal Sunshine
There is a very easy way to change another person’s life, and it involves doing nothing directly or intentionally for them.
Recently on PickTheBrain I published two stories by Stephen Hopson from Adversity University that illustrated the profound and lasting impact a single person can have on our life. In these stories, Stephen [...]

Photo (above) by Mary Cabbie.
It is hard to believe that a year has passed since the most nerve-wracking, yet exciting and wonderful, moment in my life. It was a moment that seemed to take forever to arrive (in addition to the standard 9 months, Kathryn went 2 weeks overdue), but when it did I [...]

Photo by creativesam.
“When my daughter was seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, ‘You mean they forget?’” - Howard Ikemoto (artist and art [...]

Photos by Janesdead and Ryo.
Well Heath Ledger is dead - another young person gone in their prime. I must admit this loss hit me harder than your average death as Heath hailed from my home city of Perth, was also a father, and apparently battled depression.
Why is it that Heath Ledger and all these other [...]

Photo by Ali. K (above) and Cruadinx (below).
I have a confession. I have a “good job” - it is with a respectable company, it pays reasonably well and there are excellent opportunities to advance further. But I feel unfulfilled. There you go, I said it. After months of people in my life asking about my [...]

Photo by Abnel.
“Make the Impossible Possible”. Ok, I admit that when I first saw this book’s title nothing about it made it stand out from the plethora of personal development books available in a typical bookshop. Make no mistake, though, this is a very special book about a man who has lived, [...]