Jeff Olson – author of The Slight Edge – says ‘life is a curved construction, time is the builder, choice is the master architect’. What an inspiring idea, right? But if you’re not currently leading your best life, how do you go about changing that? Here are the five top tips to becoming your own architect and designing the perfect …
Lilli’s Lowdown – Don’t be down
This week on Bond Appetit Steve Maraboli joined Ronsley Vaz to speak about mental health. Especially how people can take back their power in unhappy situations.Personally I know how hard it can be to feel like you’re powerful in a seemingly hopeless situation. Wether in business or your personal life it can take a huge toll on your motivation and happiness.If the world is on …
You Can’t Spell Suffering Without ‘U’
One of life’s awful truths is that suffering is inevitable for everyone. Each person you come across is experiencing some form of suffering in some way. Even Buddha, one of the universe’s most equanimous figures, espoused that ‘everything is suffering’. In fact, it’s one of the key teachings of Buddhism. But Buddha also believed that we can lessen our suffering, …
A Book-Lover’s Affair with Audio
My first foray into audio content was my discovery of the audiobook. A friend of mine had divulged that she fell asleep every night listening to them, and I confess I was mildly thrown by the idea. The concept of listening to a book was foreign to me, almost inappropriate. I am a self-confessed lover of books and the written …
2 Easy Ways (And 1 Hard Way) to Change Your Life with the Rule of Thirds
“Change your life”, everyone wants some version of this. Sean D’Souza thinks differently. Very differently. Maybe it’s because he’s an accountant, a creative, a cartoonist, a voracious reader, a teacher, and an early riser (4 a.m. to be exact). With a life brimming with so many ideas and thoughts from all different worlds, Sean infamously vowed to take three months …
How to Let Go of Perfectionism with Tony Nash
This article was inspired by a conversation between Ronsley Vaz and Tony Nash on the Bond Appetit Podcast. Everyone feels the pressure to be perfect. Perfectionism is a common theme in many of our lives and is exceptionally hard to break. Confession time: how many of us have listed ‘perfectionism’ as a weakness on our resumes? Because why would we want to …
Content Ideas: Do You Struggle to Come up with Ideas for Your Content?
One of the biggest challenges for content creators is coming up with content ideas for whatever it is they are going to write about or talk about. We tend to think that our content has to revolve around some earth shattering idea. I struggled with this for years and found content creation exhausting, struggling to find an idea for an …
A Reflection on Opportunism
Opportunity is an unpredictable thing, that much we know. However, it is something that we need to incorporate more into our business endeavors? When opportunity calls… I remember one of my New Year’s resolutions (yes, I reluctantly admit) was to become more of an opportunist, to take on more opportunities that crossed my path because you never know where it …
142. Optimal Health, the Healthy Gut, and Learning from Your Childhood with Rebecca Coomes
Rebecca Coomes spent most of her life feeling sick. Born two months premature, her immune system was compromised and saw her develop food intolerances, a damaged gut and an autoimmune disease by her mid 20s. Sick of feeling sick and tired, she saw countless doctors who didn’t know what was wrong with her. She was told she had IBS and …