I Love This

I saw this appear as a Facebook profile pic of my good friend Dan. What a brilliant reminder… Pass it on!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/i-love-this/

Living Each Moment

If you want to witness how we should live each moment, throw a toddler a balloon…

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/267/

Your Thoughts Create Your World

Today, you create your world with every thought you have. The colour of your world depends on how you react and then act on each thought. Are you going to paint in black and white or colour? Will it be a sketch or a masterpiece? Will it end up in the bin or hanging on …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/your-thoughts-create-your-world/

What’s behind the paper?

Today is a precious gift. Best to unwrap it and enjoy it as you can’t take it back tomorrow for a refund.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/whats-behind-the-paper/

Believe in Yourself

There’s a simple secret to making your dreams in life come true. Believe in yourself. If you don’t, who will?

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/believe-in-yourself/

Steve Jobs: “You’ve Got To Do What You Love”

Today I heard about the passing of Steve Jobs. I immediately went back to a video of his Commencement Speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. It’s all the more poignant today with his passing. “You’ve go to do what you love” A life well lived. Enjoy this video:  

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/steve-jobs-youve-got-to-do-what-you-love/

Being Child-like

I love the randomness of having a two year old toddler in the house. Life is just one big adventure and we get to re-live it with them. Then suddenly we remember that we don’t have to re-live, we just need to start living it again. The world through the eyes of a child is …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/being-childish/

Blue Pill or Red Pill? Documentaries That Changed the World

In the film The Matrix there is a defining moment where the lead character Neo is offered either a blue pill or red pill. They have become pop culture terms that represent a common symbol for the choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality. In 1991, I started …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/blue-pill-or-red-pill-documentaries-that-changed-the-world/

How To Change The World Today

Every morning when we wake up, we have around sixteen hours to make the most of the day we’ve been given. Getting out of bed, I always try to think of people who would dream of doing just that. Maybe someone who is paralysed, someone so sick they can’t move, maybe a frail, elderly person. I …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/how-to-change-the-world-today/

Why Music is a Basic Need of Human Survival

Today I received the following article (thanks Jonathan) which I felt moved to share. As a musician, it struck a major chord. If you are a lover or creator of music or an artist of any discipline, I hope you enjoy it as well. Welcome address to freshman class at Boston Conservatory given by Karl Paulnack, pianist …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/why-music-is-a-basic-need-of-human-survival/

Don’t underestimate your own magnificence

When we marvel at nature, science, technology and history we often forget that we are part of everything we see. Every day we are surrounded by other people, which conditions us to feel “normal”. A David Attenborough from outer space would marvel at us more than anything else on this planet. Don’t settle for normality. …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/don%e2%80%99t-underestimate-your-own-magnificence/

Lost Generation

This video is genius…. (thanks to a Canadian angel for sharing it with me)    

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/lost-generation/

Snow Business

Lost business for the UK economy today: £1.2 billion Having a snowball fight with your kids:     Priceless I look forward to the day when the media don’t focus on everything a nation loses when everything grinds to a halt due to the white stuff. Today is a day when people will have a well-earned rest. …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/snow-business/

Just Another Day?

Every day miracles happen all around us. You only start to see them when you choose to believe that your life is not ordinary. There is no such thing as an ordinary life, an average person. To just be born you defied the odds, in a race of six hundred million! Any child needs to …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/just-another-day/

Optimism: Where did it go and can we get it back?

I was interviewed yesterday for a really interesting and timely article in The Scotsman Newspaper. Published Date: 23 January 2009 (c) The Scotsman Newspaper By Jenny Haworth THE Great Depression gave us the jet engine and the electric razor, and the First World War provided the inspiration for some of the most moving poetry ever …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/optimism-where-did-it-go-and-can-we-get-it-back/

An Attitude of Gratitude

Tonight I did a show about Gratitude on BBC Radio. It struck me that during these difficult times gratitude can really turn our attitudes and lives around. Here are my Top 5 Tips you can do every day to foster an attitude of gratitude in your life: 1) Every morning when you wake up, simply …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/an-attitude-of-gratitude/

The Story of Stuff

For anyone listening to tonight’s BBC Radio show (and everyone else!), here’s Annie Leonard’s wonderful twenty minute film called “The Story of Stuff”. It’ll change the way you look at things. I had the privilege of interviewing Annie last week for a new documentary called Part of the Solution (movie.4000saturdays.com) Find out more at www.storyofstuff.com

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/the-story-of-stuff/

The Odd Couple

There is something very endearing about this video…

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/the-odd-couple/

Choosing Hope over Fear

We’ve seen what fear can do to our world, the economy and our wellbeing and this week we’ve felt what optimism and hope can create in our hearts. Why would we ever choose the former? We live in a world created by our emotions. Look for the good in everything that happens today.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/choosing-hope-over-fear/

What Shall I Do Today?

Every morning before we start our day we need to ask ourselves the question “What can I do today that will make a difference in the world tomorrow?”

Permanent link to this article: https://www.4000saturdays.com/blog/what-shall-i-do-today/