Sergio Aguerro is arguably the best goalscoring striker in the English Premier League. Not only is he a prolific striker, he also scores goals for the most successful team at present in the English game. It makes sense, then, that if you wanted to learn how to be a striker, it would at least help […]
Read More Wisdom Says Learn From The BestYou didn’t get the grades you were looking for. They had to let you go. Unfortunately, you have not been successful with your application at this time. You have just missed out on the opportunity on this occasion. Due to your status, you will not be in line for the promotion now. After reviewing your […]
Read More Though Your Dreams Be Tossed And BlownIt never ceases to intrigue me just how hysterical the human species can be. The way such fervour, noise and heat can be whipped up on any given subject. After all that which triggers such anxiety with people and raises so many concerns about what could and might be. So much heat, so much fervour, […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Lot Of Noise But …Competitive sport is based on, among other things, the capacity to discern a winner. There is something about achieving that ability to win. There are aesthetic and value-based elemets that determines some people’s approach. Yet if there’s an agreed way of seeing who the winner is and that is acheived in the remit of the […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Win’s A WinHe certainly looked in good shape. So he should, because he put a lot of work into it. Every morning he liked to do his work out in his garage and spent that precious hour getting his sweat on and building that muscle as well as the stamina. Every morning, without fail. Then twice a […]
Read More Training For Something ElseThere was the warmth, security and sustenance of the womb. There is safety in the cocoon. There is development there – who is there in month seven is definitely someone different to who was there in month three. For all that, there is little to be concerned about because the cocoon is safe. Then there […]
Read More Why Wisdom: Exposure and InfluenceIn my childhood there were cafes. Those were usually fairly drab places, but there was something familiar, something that made you feel you could get what you want, sit down and enjoy, have a chat and then move on with the rest of your life. It feels like the coffee shop is something that particularly […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Coffee ShopsThere are those who do not believe. That’s their prerogative and I’m not going to impose my view on them at all. What I would say, however, is that in not believing, it’s really important to be careful not to be a scornful doubter. What I love about stories – true or fictional – are […]
Read More Not That Guy: Scornful DoubterBasing life purely off what your senses pick up must be quite draining. Really and truly we don’t just base life off that. There are some things that support that. There are some ideas that underpin our views, even if they’re mixed and somewhat confused if you were to consider them carefully. There might be […]
Read More You’re Better Off Believing?There is a sort of intellectual agnosticism that has a problem with some expressions of faith. It is not outright atheism because it is not so committed to ruling out divine influences. Its content knowing that there’s things beyond its understanding. Maybe there’s divinity somewhere, maybe not, but they don’t get hung up on it. […]
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