It is time for the second round of British expressions. 1) “Lose your bottle” 2) “Sound as a pound” 3) “Talking the hind legs off a donkey” 4) “Throw a cat among the pigeons” 5) “Back to Blighty” 6) “As snug as a bug (in a rug)” 7) “Cat’s pyjamas” 8) “Donkey’s years” Answers will arrive […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Flow — Part 9 (Work as flow)
Instead of quoting from the book Flow, I have decided to use a different source on the topic of work. “[Work] should be looked upon, not as a necessary drudgery to be undergone for the purpose of making money, but as a way of life in which the nature of man should find its proper […]
Flow — Part 8 (Flow of Mind)
The best description is based on Plato’s quote in Philebus: “The young man who has drunk for the first time from that spring is as happy as if he had found a treasure of wisdom; he is positively enraptured. He will pick up any discourse, draw all its ideas together to make them into one, […]
Half-Year Report
Today marks the beginning of the second half of my 12-month period since my book publication in Sep-14. I thought it may be a good time to take stock. a) Copies of book sold = 257 (12-month target of 1,000 with 6 more months to go. It is going to be a tough one.) b) Countries where […]