Quote of the Day...

"Only dead fish go with the flow"


I think this is a particularly great quote to keep in mind whilst reading my previous blog about why good people do bad things.  If you ever need to courage to speak up against wrong doing or say no to your boss when it is the right thing to do, remember this quote.

Psychological Reasons Good People Do Bad Things

This is a very interesting article:
http://www.businessinsider.com/27-psychological-reasons-why-good-people-do-bad-things-2012-8?op=1

It covers 27 reasons whyotherwise good people might end up doing bad things.
Most interesting to me were:

• The Galatea Effect - People who have a strong sense of self are less likely to do unethical things.  People who see themselves as determined by an environment or employer etc lets them feel less individually responsible for wrong doing.
• Time Pressure - in a study, people under time pressure were 27% less likely to help someone in visible distress.
• The Foot in The Front Door - when a person in authority asks someone to bend the rules, they want to be seen as a team player and loyal.  This can lead to them being more inclined to do unethicalthings

The most moving description of love (and OCD)...

Which member of the meeting are you?

The only thing it was missing from my experience was:

"We will have to find a creative solution to this" 

and 

"we will have to think creatively"

Translation:  "I don't care about your excuses, just make it happen"

Enjoy :)

Motivational Moment of the Month

In a moment of desperation this afternoon I phoned a friend to say, "I am busy trying to achieve the impossible".  Her response:

"There is no such thing, impossible is just something that takes longer to achieve"

Unique London - Part 2

The second instalment of things that have inspired me during my investigations of slight less obvious touristy things to do in London:

1.  London Fields Lido - a heated outdoor Olympic sized swimming pool, complete with sun deck and sun bathing areas!

 

2.  Old Operating Theatre Museum - The oldest operating theatre in London

3.  Columbia Road Flower Market - A street market for plants and flowers of all shapes and sizes.

Keep an Eye on Events

Worth keeping an eye on the "upcoming events" calendar for the following organisations based in London:

The Royal Institution

The Royal Society for the encouragement of arts

The Bishopsgate Institute

The Natural History Museum