If you’ve clashed with a friend, a family member, work colleague or your partner, you may feel that it’s difficult if not impossible to reconcile. As challenging as it is, making amends can open up a world of self-discovery.

Tim Ferriss is comfortable with mistakes, saying in his book The 4-Hour Work Week that mistakes are the name of the game in lifestyle design. ‘It requires fighting impulse after impulse from the old world of retirement-based deferral.’

Some people have dreamt of traveling their entire lives but they have yet to step into a plane. Others, like Timothy Ferriss, travel constantly in order to learn.

If you’re heading to India and you’re keen to learn more about Buddhism or meditation, consider paying a visit to the Tushita Meditation Centre in the North.

How to beat overwork stress with breaks.

Why being kind is good for you.

One can learn to manage stress and one’s negative emotions, just as one can learn to develop and encourage one’s positive emotions. To create a positive state of mind over the long term, one has to have a sense that you enjoy your life and that it is worthwhile.

When it comes to commuter travelling, there are bound to be frustrations and the possibility of delays. The best thing to do when faced with these inevitabilities is to accept the situation, rather than allow yourself to get anxious or angry.

It is always easier to blame something else or somebody else for your woes. But when you accept personal responsibility, you get to step out of the blame game.

Bryan Sentance discusses clay modelling techniques in his book Ceramics: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques. He begins by explaining the required consistency.