In any situation we always have a choice.
Always.
We might have a choice on the action we can take, the meaning we give, or our emotional response…
We might kid ourselves that we have no choice, but we know that’s a lie.
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms —to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”
Dr Viktor Frankyl
Viktor Frankyl, an Austrian Jewish psychiatrist, learnt this in the Nazi concentration camps.
It’s worth remembering this so that we make our choice consciously.
Pondering life and the environment, I came to a realisation.
The natural order of things is to revert to equilibrium.
I like to do breathwork meditations while lying down in the sauna.
Capital allocation is a huge part of success in business.
We recently flew up to Wellington with my daughter, Flossie, to look at a pony that might be perfect for her next season.
Is an important measure of a parent's success that your kids love hanging out with you?