It is a hard concept to grasp that sometimes you cannot hurry the pace of change or progress. Every businessman is taught to plan things, set (achievable) goals, monitor progress and then evaluate as necessary.
But sometimes the correct thing to do is to just sit and wait while market forces or nature takes its course!
I [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 13:29:30 on November 16th, 2007 in Lifestyle
No Comments »Imagine a natural man from rural Bangladesh on the phone as the customer service representative for an internet service provider.
Then imagine Peter Sellers (or any other comic European for that matter) imitating what he thinks is a natural man from rural Bangladesh. Now, imagine you being on the phone to such a person and they [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 22:00:32 on November 15th, 2007 in Society
No Comments »There is a grave danger that England, inventor of soccer, will not qualify for Euro 2008 and all patriotic English supporters are bracing themselves at the prospect.
England football heads are torn between doing the right thing and doing the thing that will underpin English pride.
Doing the right thing means getting the right coach regardless of [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 22:00:30 on November 14th, 2007 in Sports
No Comments »It is very easy to misunderstand someone who is not afraid to speak their mind. To the meek and mild this kind of person will either appear as a loud mouth, arrogant, pushy or simply over-confident.
To others this person could also represent a good speaker, representative, spokesperson or rep.
Now, all of these assumptions may actually [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 14:18:25 on November 13th, 2007 in Society
No Comments »The secrets of some scams very often reveal themselves to you without you having to do anything special to attract them. This was a thought which popped into my head the other day when a job agency called me up to find out my interest in a particular job.
Chance would have it that a rival [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 22:00:52 on November 12th, 2007 in Sports
No Comments »Somewhere, deep in the heart of many people lives the belief that you are only a Christian only if you go to church. But, try as hard as I might, I can’t get round to the idea of loving going to church. So what does it make a believer in God who doesn’t go to [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 22:00:38 on November 11th, 2007 in Lifestyle
No Comments »There is this angelic woman I like very much; she floats my boat just thinking about her but I don’t know how to reach her.
She hardly communicates with me and is so deep into herself that I sometimes have to send out raiding parties to find her!
On those rare occasions when I do find her [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 22:00:37 on November 10th, 2007 in Relationships
2 Comments »I had to write down the names of all the people I wanted to thank for helping me in my life for a BBC-organised comedy course I attended earlier this year. The list was long and contained the names of people who were actually quite negative towards me at the time I knew them.
But I [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:33 on November 9th, 2007 in Lifestyle
No Comments »Another key thing I’ve learnt this year is the strength of determination and goal setting in achieving. At the end of last year I realised I needed to move in a new direction because I wasn’t happy with the course my life was taking.
So I sat down and analysed where I was, what I had [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:30 on November 8th, 2007 in Lifestyle
No Comments »I am having problems understanding the concept of accepting a religion which does not have a Godhead. By that I really mean one where God is not the central part of that religion, movement or lifestyle.
Take Buddhism for instance. Through a friend I have learnt quite a lot this year about Buddhism and from my [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 08:00:18 on November 7th, 2007 in Relationships
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