Author - markhatwood

I often gush here about books that have inspired me and no more so recently than Karin Kuschik’s fabulous 50 Sentences That Make Life Easier. Just...

l recently fell and grazed my hand. It could have been a lot worse as where we live, there are drops of hundreds of feet beside some footpaths. As to...

One of my favourite things to do during the day (especially a rainy one) is to go to the cinema. There’s something that feels naughty and decedent...

I was listening to a fascinating interview with actor Ethan Hawke about the worthiness of art. What is the point of art? What does it bring to the...

I was listening to Hamdi Ulukaya’s TED talk on his coined phrase, the anti-CEO playbook. So many times, we’re told that a company’s profit comes from...

Last week I started something that had been on my mind for months. A dog that is tied up all day (a sad, but encouragingly dying tradition where I...

Someone asked me the other day if something they did annoyed me. If so, they might consider stopping doing it. My question to them was: does it feel...

For many people, those who ‘excel’ at something do so because they have been given a ‘God given’ talent. A talent which, for the majority of us...

Rejection is one of life’s most challenging emotions. Some of us initially get angry, some sad, some need to lie down in a dark room with a pet, and...

I recently read a post on a social media group of someone asking for opinions of an airline and whether to book with them or not. It seems more and...