Be Better

Posts about thinking, doing, and being better while I’m busy figuring it out.

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April 2023 Lessons – Planting Trees
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I've selected 5 to share with you:   "A society grows great when old men (people) plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in". - Greek Proverb   “It’s hard […]
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March 2023 Lessons – Discover Your Gift
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I've selected 5 to share with you: "The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift […]
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Did You Live Well Today?
Read time: 3 minutes. Did you live well today? It’s a reflective question my wife shared with me a while back and it stuck with me. It’s simple and straight to the point. It asks you to make an honest reflection on how the current day went. The hopeful answer is yes, I did live […]
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February 2023 Lessons – Make Your Mark On Life
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I've selected 5 to share with you: 1. Shake off that erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it. Versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your […]
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Creating Value
What value can you bring to the world? I woke up this morning thinking about the value that I bring to this world. This meant pondering about what I was contributing to my fellow humans. Was I doing enough? I decided that I can do more. I can add more value into this world if […]
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Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail And How To Succeed
You are not alone if you made a New Year’s resolution this year. You are also not alone if you find you’re not able to stick to your resolutions. Learn about the Fresh Start Effect and how to make your resolutions stick this year. It’s all about changing behaviour.