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cage fighters
camping in America
Nutty folk…and the invisible world
Lending Books
more on driverless cars
Observations on worldly success
where's the box?
don't think it
The Seagulls
temptations of the trickster
you can't buy a lifestyle
street versus frame
begging for it
Third Law of Confidence
Theoretical Polymathics
Inner Freaks and the Conformal World
transition awareness
Gatekeepers and Lineworkers
second law of confidence
A trip back in time
Celebrating Strangeness
First Law of Confidence
Somehow it gets passed on
The Polymathic Economy
Zeroth Living
Striving and achieving as a polymathic person
Predicting the Future
teaching yourself
whose reality are we talking about here?
In conversation with Tahir Shah
Renan and Truth
sticky genes and the baby's bathwater
another ancestor who strangely also ran a writing school...
Some notes on the poet Edward Thomas
new years resolutions
justice, fairness, rights
the thief
ego puncturing
changing yourself
good advice if you'll take it
who benefits from complexity?
patience and intuition
Don't drop the Clangers
the problematique
Give yourself a task ladder
What level of job can you assign yourself?
Trimtabs, Great Men and the Collapse of Society as we know it....
walking Camino Real in winter
angry emails
what you need to know about new technology
what car design tells us
developing ideas
the database problem revisited
What robot wars can teach us about design
the return of the cheapskate adventurer
micromaster a pop song
micromastery buddy club
Micromaster the bacon sandwich- or is it roll?
Some thoughts on Original Thinkers
don't take it personally
smart people and wise people
Value spot-check
Edinburgh Micromastery Photography Course
Course! Micromaster Street Photography
driverless cars
precision and simplicity
the assumption now is: start complicated
Mistakes lie in assumptions not process
refined versus complex information
anxiety is an identity issue...up to a point
more on optimism
future belongs to optimists
rules or discipline?
One definition of micromastery
Omelettes, Micromastery and line sensitivity.
making a nest
too arrogant to learn?
Be an ARTVENTOR
Publishing micromastery has been different...
johnny factotum
Where I got the idea from
a few interesting things
art and adventure
an odd message from the underground
do it now
be a grafter
How not to go mad in modern life
Micromastering basic life skills
Micromastery and learning 'the correct way'.
Micromastery and living in a Left Brain World
success is synergetic
White Rabbit gets a shave
the white rabbit on success- white rabbit 3
white rabbit no. 2
The Book of the Book
Nora says
Larkin Says
the happy beaver
Five day course thoughts
rabbit talk
key to practical polymathy
how does a writer learn?
habits and mountains
course in scotland for writers
engineers and buzzards
tomorrow's thoughts
The sixth law of adventure
thick and thin
just keep typing
what is photographic composition?
identity is the very devil
success reformulated
the problem with problems
mental capacity v. mental attitude
problems of the practical polymath
more on resonance
find your resonant images, places, things
changing the world, again
Common Sense
Hero or victim?
Beginner's Mind- a course for writers
Salisbury and the Great War
drugs and the path
to act or not to act
desire for oblivion
honour and acknowledge your multiple selves
interesting or emotionally affecting
don't be assertive, be more curious
happiness is wide angled vision
different kinds of teacher
micromastery and confidence
forget looking for truth
zooms make you lazy
straightforward and liking balance
The real deal
simple but not simplistic
higher intelligence
get the right head on first
bikewalking #2
quit or do what you like right now
opportunity and difficulty
structure versus buzz
propaganda for progress
Short Story- Snow Monkeys
Make everything you do enjoyable
how I write by Paul Johnston
excuse me, is that a personal growth I see on your behind?
why lifeshifting?
andy warhol's advice
trust and polymathy
trust yourself, trust others
Freedom, anger and violence
Failure is rare
which would you rather be?
games on the way
Stop putting yourself out of the way of wisdom
Beginner's mind for writing
The difference between a wise and foolish man.
Great new editing service
change the circumstances
A new kind of thinking is required.
Sincerity, anti-fragility, resilience.
Are you a dog or a human being?
What gets better as you get older #2: being a connoisseur
What gets better as you get older
getting in the right head space
11 things about the future I am contemplating
Interview with Alias Johnny Stiletto
Look closer, don't try harder
Polymathic Synergy #2
What's the use of specialising?
The Border Guard effect
C.A.S.E. or C.L.A.S.P?
Rod or net: the big question
Stupidity is a form of dishonesty
What path are you on?
King of the Headhunters
Meryl Streep quotation
Car seen in Kohima, Nagaland
How I write by John-Paul Flintoff
perpetual motion in life
one way to progress
passion or money? Take a cross-over path
Polymathics #1
The Polymathic Principle
the simple and the subtle
Arabeye Media Monitoring
New Statestman review of Prank book
nano adventures
Tibetan monks raise body temperature
Some info on the Dalai Lama
De-skilling society
on the natural tendency of things to reverse their initial intent
bookshop video
Tweak your way to Success
50 years of The Sufis
Nine Ways to Be Extraordinary
Be Extraordinary
More on Spiral Thinking
intelligence is over rated
new york times review of red nile
Going higher: altitude, breathing and success
adventure my ally
Thinking in patterns
You have to be sly with the river
Half way to enlightenment
Day FOUR of three day fast
Day THREE of my three day fast
Day TWO of my three day fast
Day ONE of three day fast
Haughty and Generous
marx, opium, cocaine and attention
twelve angry men
the way of the fool
Appearing at Edinburgh book festival
Why smart kids increasingly don't study science
How to succeed with an allotment
The Fifth Law of Adventure
The Fourth Law of Adventure
chopping trees causes testosterone to surge
The Open Source Walking Project and the TAZ
living in the future
podcast about RED NILE
Chalke Valley festival
excellent article by Olive Burkeman
Adventurers who want to be looked after
following an invisible track
getting bogged
£20 Sevylor packraft
The Third Law of Adventure
Ken Ilgunas on adventure
Liars get work
The Second Law of Adventure
The First Law of Adventure...
The melted cup
The Seven Laws of Adventure
the essence of adventure
personal tactical innovation: a key element to success
why go on an expedition?
man is a track following creature
donkeys of Oman
walking outside increases creativity
breathe and the world breathes with you
all wars are wars of attrition
Nat Geo article
straight lines again
Polymathic Synergy
Most things are easy or impossible, not difficult
The shortest distance between two points is never a straight line
Polymath: creativity teaching is the symptom, not the cure.
students get changing your identity to be more creative
the single easiest way to boost creativity
pirate efficiency v. robot efficiency
squeezing the excluded middle
surviving or thriving?
status and attention
what's the point of jealousy?
gamify or painify
hear me on the radio
progress and freedom
agile minds not factfarting number jugglers
Is friendmaking a good strategy?
who do you want to look after you?
rename, reframe
3 sayings recently recollected
How to be Just
what makes an idea stick
how to be a polymath
Ironing shirts
How to be charismatic
Zenslacker- 101 things to bear in mind when you're doing nothing
clean energy/dirty energy
drama v. learning
core creativity v. spin off creativity
The H word: humility
Article on Dordogne canoe trip in the FT
causation and prediction
Nomads are greedy
one way to predict the future
closing the gap between knowledge and action
deluded? moi?
more on precision
earthly pleasures
10 things sci-fi films get wrong
be persistent- but when?
A new way to divide up the world
data base problem
3 options
no mad alternative
weird beards#1 Herman Kahn
utterly English self-help- what get's you up in the morning?
I love London
metro and The Week
How to quit smoking
Daunt books event Monday 24th June
gardening and fun
agility not speed
Daunt books 24th June Monday 7pm
absorbing and entertaining say the Observer
why the Jonglei canal is a bad idea
Egypt needs the water
this dam will end the 'Red Nile'
First the Omo river then the Blue Nile
The Lady approves
Twigger on Today Prog R4
Nice FT Review of Red Nile
More on judgement
10 ways to improve your judgement
Spectator says
sunday times review of Red Nile
view from Portland
Red Nile out May 23
Red Nile
escape from colditz
silence is the best medicine
traditional parenting
spiral thinking and walking
no idea what to do?
change your head to write well
allergies and caesarian sections
what does reasonable mean?
the road
be average
get tough #4
two ways you can go
Get Tough #3
Get Tough #2
Get Tough!
the new currencies
change the world/change the conversation
spanish dream farm for sale
the good news...
tactics and strategy
walk your way to happiness and success
Higher Intelligence and the Decisive Point
higher intelligence
hard core walking
predicting the future etc
Listening to the two inner voices
which 'I' am I?
The power of oomph revisited
how can one person change the world?
Four ways to be yourself
happiness is making connections
Lightness versus heaviness
Tahir's Shah's Timbuctoo
do the maths
you can't take it with you
three rules of happiness
a real japanese micro-adventure
Timbuctoo by Tahir Shah
the path
welcome to the temporary autonomous zone
fishing with Harry
Relinquish the Boss Position
death in valencia
manufacturing microadventures
why we walk
gamify self-doubt on the path to success
advice on boots
Long distance walking as a success template
Shutters in Cairo
desert poem
Ramsay Wood's new novel
tristan jones
check out wigtown's top singer
how to change the world
wash your deck shoes
Be an optimiser
can Stieg Larsson write?
A few thoughts on publishing
burton's law
hold your breath
rewire the brain
second wind in writing
a strange prophecy
unfortunate spiders
poker and life
mind control
three ways to become time rich
kalila and dimna
the real secret
The Sahara by Eamonn Gearon
Invite the universe
ole lazybones
exhaustive versus iterative
best aid to problem solving
best aid to creativity
definition of a nerd
snobs and yobs
What is organic efficiency?
default settings
wigtown film festival
wigtown festival
wigging out at wigtown
how to be superhuman
goethe on thought and action
conversations that change your life
Ethiopian proverb
vodka corrupts
the pearl
Catastrophe theory of feeling really rather good
one minute tai chi
britain's moral collapse?
saying yes is not easy
how to be zenarchist
life begins when you say I am a...
Lucky Ludwig
what's your currency?
the keys to the kingdom
the Amundsen factor #4
the Amundsen factor #3
the Amundsen factor #2
the Amundsen factor
two types of creativity
be a swarm worker
money and meaning and being on a mission
lifeshifting interview with CD Baby's Derek Sivers
the polymathic principle #2
Timeshifting #2
Timeshifting #1
Introduction to timeshifting
lifeshifting #8 - growing your own committment
Lifeshifting #7- beyond Meaning Mountain
Lifeshifting #6 - what is your alienation level?
lifeshifting #5 - niche world
lifeshifting #4 - smoking self
lifeshifting #3 - you are a multiple self
lifeshifting #2 - grow your passion into a money making venture
lifeshifting #1 - meaning mountain
Introduction to lifeshifting
The Power of Less
energy is liberated when something happens
multi-dimensional living
what form should school take?
defeating perfection
more from Cairo revolution
egyptian revolution in cairo- my story so far
how to make a plan seem real
living in the moment #2
living in the moment
The Power of Oomph
strange bedfellows
drop outs earn big money
working hard and success
luck and determination
be a hare not a tortoise
get tough the athletic way
how to learn about cars
higher emotions
what world do you live in?
three life rules
be a travel genius
high energy v. wrong energy
don't manage time, manage energy
secrets of the Persian carpet seller #3
playful energy v. obsessional energy
secrets of the Persian carpet seller #2
secrets of the Persian carpet seller #1
fame or money?
more on happiness
how to be happy
get ya money making boots on #3
get ya money making boots on #2
get ya money making boots on #1
the 7 addictions of highly successful people
what if you had $10 million?
what if I'm just coasting?
what if I don't give a damn?
go wild in the country
yang bandits
life gets drained out of things
how to weigh your flight luggage at home
how do you think positively?
how we think about the future
richard feynman's pick-up technique
looking for things
how to get pumped
where's home?
what do you take from a burning house?
no worries
interstitial living
cults end badly
more on the cult
be a scientist not a manager
the anarch
joke from a young twigger
joke from another young twigger
get it done for free
I don't have enough time
desperate for success?
how to get more blog traffic
Taleb's black swan theory known to Bismarck
yang is the thang
quote of the day
how to cure exam nerves and interview nerves
success and the polymathic perspective
michael phelps is transparent
big yang therapy
two approaches
first law of self-replicating machines
the man who sold the eiffel tower
axe talk
one source of material
use less imagination
the outsiders
jason webster
von mises on politics
luxuries you cannot afford
feelin' old?
selling using the lego principle
the oxbow lake effect
the smartpoint versus the tipping point
how to make money from your passion
positive thinking v. retaining the critical faculties of a smart person
aardvark information
what's your A level?
not zen and the art of rebuilding a motorcycle
the terrible truth about boredom and money
how to make money and have fun
more on the corporate life
break free!
change the world?
how to stand-up paddleboard (the easy way)
polymathy and motivation
rafting the mighty zambezi
a new variety of experience
yet more on exploration
do you hate goals?
more exploration algebra
exploration algebra
rock art expedition to the gilf kebir
the state we want to be in
eat molokia
sole destroyer
guardian newspaper article
all this and heaven too
trying and doing
don't be suckered by theories
downside of the rational approach
was bruce lee any good
paddleboarding marsa alam
crossing cairo roads
emotion and climate change
characters of egypt
Polymathic Quotation
cairo nights 2
note on baksheesh
parking fable
don't be suckered by narratives of success
poem by Ramsay Wood
the time paradox
no free lunch
paddleboarding D-Day beaches
still surfing D Day beaches
surfing D Day beaches
young and old
you want to be an entrepreneur?
dodge city
teaching flexibility to egyptian teams
are you stuck for ideas?
zenslacker #9
how to be a parent #2
how to be a parent #1
fear and the boss
zenslacker #8
do you have more money than time?
balance in cairo
innovation is NOT 99% perspiration
more on horseflies and other nasties
dr ragab on Twitterfeed
polymath or monopath?
zenslacker #7
The decisionometer
Money is no longer (so) important
Micro versus macro adventures
How to judge things a little better
Build your own skunk works
Buy! Buy! Buy!
industrial strength capitalism
on the verge of being lost?
gold bug
how to REALLY learn
this is spiral thinking
how much talent have you?
sitting stones
great gear #1: desert boots
cairo dawn taxi ride
something in the air
a few uplifting thoughts on extinction
Rohlfs Expedition 2009-10
tomorrow is kiteout day
no does not exist
something someone said
zenslacker #6
ask others to say yes with you
half-truths, fibs and damned lies
the age of ageism
more thoughts on tickling
the will is overrated
Adam Smith's impartial spectator
zenslacker #5
the paradox of paths
more on Kiteout day
is success quantifiable?
five axioms of walking
timeshifting #2
cairo near death experience and the kindle reader
zenslacker #4
kiteout day
six day working year
steve pavlina, homer simpson and sanity.
introduction to timeshifting #1
walking in Wadi Digla, Cairo.
eight mindblowing secrets of lifeshifting
twigger on twitter
zenslacker #3
walking in boots
look for an abundant world
a cure for horsefly bites
where is home for you?
random thoughts on tickling
zenslacker #2
a few small mysteries
cairo nights: the cave of the motors
zenslacker #1
prisons we make for ourselves
walking man #1
sands of death
A New Route Across Egypt's Sahara
Canoeing and Rivers
bring me the Glass Eye of Cretan Lawrence
hello darkness, my old friend
Wind, Sand and Stars
Against the Current
my Flight into Egypt
in the Footsteps of Count Laszlo
Buying in Egypt
Confluence Hunting
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