Learning to be Wrong We base our lives - even entire societies - on assumptions that often turn out to be wrong. So what do we believe now that the future will reveal to be false?

Any view of history shows us that we have held deep-seated beliefs that turned out to be badly wrong.

I write about what we believe now that might turn out to be wrong in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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Learning to be Wrong We base our lives - even entire societies - on assumptions that often turn out to be wrong. So what do we believe now that the future will reveal to be false?

Carl Jung nails how we can base entire lives, even whole countries on the wrong assumptions.

I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

You can check it out by clicking on the quote below..

Learning to be Wrong We base our lives - even entire societies - on assumptions that often turn out to be wrong. So what do we believe now that the future will reveal to be false?

I ask the question: What are we sure of now, that in future will be judged to be wrong? You can read the whole of my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack, by clicking on the quote below…

A short video on why I’m writing about the benefits of basing our lives on thinking we could be wrong. History shows tells us we are deeply misguided more often than we’d like to think.

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What's the Point? Is it right to probe the purpose and meaning of life - or is doing so just asking for trouble?

Too much introspection led Tolstoy to feel life wasn’t worth living.
I write about how he might have been going about it the wrong way in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack, below 👇.

What's the Point? Is it right to probe the purpose and meaning of life - or is doing so just asking for trouble?

Alan Watts helps us get some perspective on things👇. I write about how seeing things through the prism of ego can be a dead end in terms of seeing “the point” of being her in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. Check it out by clicking on the quote below….

What's the Point? Is it right to probe the purpose and meaning of life - or is doing so just asking for trouble?

The ego’s desire to have lasting significance - demanding that it matter in the long term - is a major block to finding balance and contentment.

I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

You can read the whole thing by clicking on the quote, below…

What's the Point? Is it right to probe the purpose and meaning of life - or is doing so just asking for trouble?

I write about the conflicting views on how much we should look into the point of why we’re here in my latest Deaperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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What's the Point? Is it right to probe the purpose and meaning of life - or is doing so just asking for trouble?

Is Socrates right 👇? Or does too much examination of how and why we are here lead to a dark place?

I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. You can check it out by clicking on the quote below…

A short video on why this week on the Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack, I’m writing about if questioning how and why we are here is healthy.

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The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

On the last day of Easter week, why not check out how the story shows up in surprising ways throughout our culture, in my latest Substack.

The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

The basis of so many of our stories is explained below - I write about why we want, even need this idea in our lives in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

I struggle with the literal interpretation of the Easter story. For me it’s about the hope of a second chance, and as such, it’s become the foundation stone of so many of the stories we tell ourselves.
You can read about that in my Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack by clicking on the quote below…

The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

Redemption is a corner stone of so many stories in our culture - a constant reminder that we can be good and change is possible.

I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

The Easter story - with its hope of redemption is at the core of our culture, in more ways than we might realise.

I write about how and why in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

For many Easter isn’t about chocolate - or the idea that death has been defeated. It’s about the hope of a second chance.

I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

The Easter story provides a template for so much our culture - from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, to Cool Hand Luke - and we keep coming back for more.

I write about this in my latest Dewoerately Seeking Wisdom Substack - you can read it by clicking on the quote below…

The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

The closing argument in the Paul Newman film, The Verdict, is a great example of one of the most powerful stories we tell ourselves over and over: We can be good in a troubled world.
I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack - you can read it by clicking on the quote below…

The Hope of a Second Chance For me, the real story of Easter isn't about defeating death - it's about the hope of something better against all odds.

The “Redemption Arc” is common in many of our most famous stories. It reflects a deep-seated need to believe we can have a second chance.

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I quote the final speech of The Shawshank Redemption in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. It’s about how the ideas behind Easter are more deeply embedded in the stories we tell ourselves than we perhaps realise.

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A short video on why on I’m writing about how the story of Easter carries the hope of a second chance - and why we need that hope more than ever.

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Living on Fast Forward The ability to communicate 24/7 and a fetish for greater efficiency has made life ever-faster. How can we cope better?

The sense that life is speeding up is real.

I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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Living on Fast Forward The ability to communicate 24/7 and a fetish for greater efficiency has made life ever-faster. How can we cope better?

I quote the words of my former boss at the BBC 👇- when he was trying to get me to take moment to enjoy life.

I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack on living in fast-forward.

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Living on Fast Forward The ability to communicate 24/7 and a fetish for greater efficiency has made life ever-faster. How can we cope better?

Many of us face the pressure of living on fast-forward.

I write about how to cope in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

You can read the whole piece by clicking on the quote below…

Living on Fast Forward The ability to communicate 24/7 and a fetish for greater efficiency has made life ever-faster. How can we cope better?

The people who called for a pause on AI development are now leading the charge.

I write about living in fast-forward in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack - you can read it by clicking on the section below.

Living on Fast Forward The ability to communicate 24/7 and a fetish for greater efficiency has made life ever-faster. How can we cope better?

i write about how to cope with a society determined to live on fast-forward in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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Living on Fast Forward The ability to communicate 24/7 and a fetish for greater efficiency has made life ever-faster. How can we cope better?

I write about how we cope in a world where we feel forced to live on fast-forward in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack.

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A short video on why I’m writing about the constant drive to do more, achieve more and be more efficient - and why slowing down might actually make us more productive.
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A Better Way of Seeing Seeing the world and our relationships through the lens of psychology is the best way to find wisdom.

I write about understanding Psychology as the key lens to help us see why our relationships are the way they are. You can check it out by clicking on the quote below.

A Better Way of Seeing Seeing the world and our relationships through the lens of psychology is the best way to find wisdom.

It’s aleays always worth spending time trying to work out why a person is behaving theway they are. Even more - trying to work out own own motivations. I write about this in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack…You can read it by clicking. on the link below…