I was reminded recently of a sequence from the TV show Friends, where Chandler goes on a date with Rachel’s boss. He ends it with “Well this is great, we should do it again, I’ll give you a call” despite not enjoying himself or wanting a second date, or having any intention of calling her. Rachel calls him out on it and tells him he has to go on another date but end it...
Last Sunday was the day of the University Boat Races, between Oxford and Cambridge. Full of tradition, it is a gladiatorial contest rowed over nearly 7km of the Thames, with two eights fighting it out for victory. For many, it is anachronistic and irrelevant, and yet it attracts huge interest, typically with more than 250,000 turning out to watch live from the riverbank, and a global TV and radio audience of several hundred million....
Welcome to the Possibility Project! I’m going to start with a bit of background about what this blog is, why it is called what it is, and what it’s all about. Many of us live our lives deep in a world of scarcity. Scarcity of time. Scarcity of money. Scarcity of love. Scarcity of opportunity. Scarcity of space in our lives to reflect and act upon the things we really want. We always reach...