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Flow 2.0

September 21, 2018sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Flow is one of those concepts I’d been talking about for years with friends without actually having read the original book. After going back and reading it this week, I was pretty disappointed. I feel the definition put forward by… Continue Reading →

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Think and grow miserable

May 27, 2017sebastiankade 1 Comment

From everything I can tell, it is the pursuit of suffering that Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich is really about. It is a step by step guide on how to transform your life into a desire fuelled cesspit of despair. Ok… Continue Reading →

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Happiness – Matthieu Ricard

January 2, 2017sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Ricard is my favourite Buddhist author by far. The voice in his books is one of light-hearted deep compassion. He is someone who I could imagine being an incredible friend and mentor. In his book, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s… Continue Reading →

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The World Happiness Report

December 5, 2016sebastiankade 1 Comment

The world is going through an interesting time. We are seeing the uprise of radical groups, rebelling against the growing pains of globalisation. We have seen the unchecked greed of large corporations devastate our economies in the GFC; not to… Continue Reading →

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The Happiness Conundrum

November 23, 2016sebastiankade 1 Comment

I believe the very way in which we define “happiness” is limiting our ability to live it. The best place to understand this is in science. There aren’t a great deal of studies being done on happiness yet. It seems… Continue Reading →

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Letters from a Stoic

August 1, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Letters from a Stoic, is the kind of book you can flip open to a random page, throw your finger down without aim, and still land upon a maxim that you can live your life by. Like this one: “Am I to… Continue Reading →

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Is It Time We Worked Different?

September 29, 2015sebastiankade Leave a Comment

It’s time we surrendered to the truth. Time we put away our brave faces and owned up to the reality of it all. The reality being, that very few of us are happy at work. In this modern day of… Continue Reading →

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