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making for its own sake versus making for success

Making For Its Own Sake Versus Making For Success

14th December 2020 By Larry G. Maguire 2 Comments

I have lived most of my adult life with the persistent notion that what I do daily must be productive, contain value for other people, and lead to eventual commercial success. In this there must be recognition from others, and, of course, an exchange of legal tender, otherwise it’s hardly worth doing.

Business or Vocation?

Business or Vocation?

5th November 2020 By larrym Leave a Comment

I’ve changed my mind. In fact, it has been changing for some time, it’s only recently I have caught up. I’m talking about my relationship with daily work and how I categorise it. I have called myself a businessman in the recent and distant past, but I never really believed it. I thought I was, […]

9 Factors That Impact Your Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness Part 3: Nine Factors That Impact Your Happiness

18th October 2020 By Larry G. Maguire 2 Comments

Welcome to part three of our exploration into the nature of happiness. In this article, we turn our attention to the psychology of happiness and findings by professor Peter Warr at the University of Sheffield. In his 2019 book of the same name, Warr draws on thousands of happiness and wellbeing studies to suggest nine primary environmental factors that impact your happiness. As we will see, many parallels can be drawn from the forthcoming with, for example…

More time for what?

More Time For What?

13th October 2020 By Larry G. Maguire 2 Comments

As I contemplated dropping my van to the mechanic this morning, I considered how I might get back home as fast as possible. I could get the missus to follow me in the family car. I’d save time, get more work done, achieve more than I would if I walked. Really? To what end? It’s […]

The Focusing Illusion of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness Part 2: The Focusing Illusion

4th October 2020 By Larry G. Maguire 4 Comments

The Focusing Illusion bias and how it impacts our judgement of perceived life happiness and wellbeing. In part two of our continued exploration into the nature and substance of happiness, we explore what cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman called The Focusing Illusion. The Focusing Illusion suggests that these things we think and believe are so important, […]

Lazy Sunday Morning

On Mortality

1st October 2020 By Larry G. Maguire Leave a Comment

As I carry on my daily work, my mind is focused. But in the moments of reduced attention to the task, in recent weeks, it wanders to thoughts of my ultimate demise. I think of me, my parents, my wife and children, all one day gone. Today I thought of a business friend who lost […]

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