Monthly Archives: March 2011

How To End Procrastination Forever

I had a realisation about procrastination that I just had to share. In essence, procrastination is the end result of us having an aversion (or several) to the task at hand. If you let go of all of those aversions, well, there'll be nothing to stop you doing it, right? Ok, so there are several ways to …

30/Mar/2011 – 12:26 | By Si | Posted in life, self-improvement | Comments (6)

My Beautiful Dojo

I thought I'd share where I train Aikido four days a week. It's one of the most beautiful spots I know of in Melbourne. This was taken in the middle of the day, so normally when we train there's a lot more shade than this. Given that it hits 45degC (113F) here, training in the …

15/Mar/2011 – 23:39 | By Si | Posted in life | Comments (5)

TV Is Heroin Crossed With Hypnosis

I haven't owned a TV in almost 20 years. I don't miss it at all. Note that I didn't say I don't watch TV. I and everyone I know does. TV is everywhere these days: your phone; the internet; public spaces;  download & watch it on your computer. The only real changes are the increased ease of …

13/Mar/2011 – 10:07 | By Si | Posted in life, self-improvement | Comments (9)

Are You Using The Internet, Or Is The Internet Using You?

I've been giving my internet use a bit of thought recently. I realised (wild generalisation alert!), there are two primary ways I use the internet: To waste time To find information and, of course, a few secondary ways: To build, create, produce, expand (eg, write a blog post, build a business, send love to people) To …

11/Mar/2011 – 12:05 | By Si | Posted in communication, life, self-improvement | Comments (3)