Tag Archives: life

You may be teaching and not know it

Posted on March 9, 2010 by David C. Buchan

On Saturday my family and I spoke via Skype video to our dear friends in the UK. They’re visiting next month and we thought it would be good for the children to all speak and see each other first as … Continue reading →

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What are you thinking?

Posted on March 2, 2010 by David C. Buchan

Ever since I was young I’ve been fascinated by the idea that people could learn from books or spend all their life as scholars studying. Now I find I’ve become the very same. My personal mission statement of ten years … Continue reading →

Posted in Self improvement | Tagged ask, book, books, comments, conversation, conversational patterns, focus, help, life, men, music, no, patterns, scenarios, scholar, self, term, think, thinking patterns | 1 Comment

Today Matters

Posted on February 1, 2010 by David C. Buchan

Today Matters John C. Maxwell. Center Street 2004, Hardcover, 336 pages, $6.48 Over the recent Christmas break my attention was taken by the simple and powerful idea that what we do today sets us up for the success of tomorrow. … Continue reading →

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Closing my open loops for 2009

Posted on January 5, 2010 by David C. Buchan

An open loop is something which is pulling on your attention. I have a few from 2009 relating to Quantum Gardener which I will close today lest they fester and end up consuming more and more of my time. 50 book … Continue reading →

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Practice gratefulness daily

Posted on November 9, 2009 by David C. Buchan

In July 2008 I began the daily habit of selecting something I was grateful for and noting it in my diary. Gratefulness is one of the most powerful emotions we can have and for me the daily habit of reflecting was a … Continue reading →

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How to identify life’s breakdowns

Posted on August 23, 2009 by David C. Buchan

Over the last two weeks I’ve been heavily involved in home maintenance on some of our home computers. This has included replacing hard drives, re-installing multiple operating systems and reconfiguring wireless networks. The exercise highlighted to me the importance of … Continue reading →

Posted in Self improvement, Using technology | Tagged breakdown, breakdowns, life, way of being | 1 Comment