By: The Philosophical Fish|18 February, 2012|Categories: Just Thinking . Videos|Tags: balance . behaviour . critical thinking . humour . video
I LOVE this video!!! I try to visit TED for some inspiration and mind expansion every so often, and today I stumbled on this talk. It was funny to have come across it now, since I had been doing some journaling on something akin to the subject and hadn’t had the time to post it. After reading this I went…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|16 February, 2012|Categories: Just Thinking . Videos|Tags: balance . life's like that
We all strive for some level of personal best, in at least something anyway. Are we trying to be perfect? If yes, it’s a lost cause because perfection is highly subjective and fluid. Imperfection is so much more interesting and fun. Rather than curse our faults, embrace them, find the wonder in them, and revel in them. Just a happy…
Read more »Fascinating road that I’ve heard many talk of, but not one that I think I’d feel the need to challenge, at least not at any velocity on a motorcycle, maybe on four wheels though, if only just to experience it. Highlights, yet again, the stupidity of doing something just because you feel the need to prove that you can. Just…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|02 February, 2012|Categories: Just Thinking . Videos|Tags: balance . behaviour . relationships . video
I stumbled across this video early yesterday and thought it was wonderful. The message that we could be that much more balanced if we made the effort to see other people’s perspectives and stop trying to frame them within a context of our own expectations, stop cherry picking the bits we like and ignoring the bits we don’t. This world…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|22 January, 2012|Categories: Just Thinking . Videos|Tags: critical thinking . humour . video
Fascinating and funny from both scientific and sociological perspectives. Well worth watching.
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|10 December, 2011|Categories: Just Thinking . Videos|Tags: life's like that . poetry . video . writing
A bit outside my comfort zone for the first few moments, but what a wonderful video and what an amazing story teller. Well worth watching.
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|13 October, 2011|Categories: Just Thinking . Videos|Tags: behaviour . critical thinking . video
A wonderful Ted talk that I stumbled across that has some very good messages intertwined in a hilarious look at consumerism and the misperceptions that we have with respect to what we think we want. It also has a hysterical Canadian example of marketers recreating value in something that is already well known, but perhaps has become perceived as less…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|10 October, 2011|Categories: Just Thinking . Videos|Tags: balance . video
Once upon a time we bought a small condo. The plan was to move up into a bigger condo in a few years, then a townhouse, then eventually a house. Then we bought a boat, and priorities changed a bit. Why did we want a bigger place for just two of us? I’m a clutter hater, so more room just…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|03 October, 2011|Categories: Photo a Day - 2011 . Videos|Tags: 365 . balance . behaviour . Daily Shoot . giving . happiness . photography
276/365 (Oct 3, 2011) – Happiness is a strange thing. It’s fluid in nature, sometimes fleeting, and it’s difficult to define. I think it’s a state of mind, finding contentment and balance in all things. A balance between the “wants” and the “needs”. Our society is so darned focused on wants though, that we fail to see how many…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|02 October, 2011|Categories: Videos|Tags: critical thinking . video
This is actually two things. #1. A wonderful video on science and false or inflated claims, and #2. A fabulous demonstration of why you should question everything from the person who identifies him/herself as an authority based on credentials, to the recommendations you read in the media. Do your own investigations, but don’t just read the reports that support what…
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