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Month: February 2019

Inspirational 

Day 12: Become invulnerable

27/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 0 Comments

Psychologists called them invulnerables. They are people that adversity can’t sink. No matter what is served up, they still rise

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Day 11: A half baked idea

26/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 0 Comments

  It was 1879. At the ripe old age of twenty three years, Frank decided to launch his new business.

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What happened on Friday, February 15?

23/02/201923/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 1 Comment

What happened on Friday 15th of February? There was no daily post that Friday. The reason was quite simple. About

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Day 10: Light a candle

20/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 0 Comments Amnesty International, Joel Weldon, Peter Benenson, success comes in cans

  The Chinese have a proverb: “Better to light a candle than curse the darkness” On the face of it,

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Day 9: Commit

18/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 1 Comment inertia, Wright Brothers

They have gone down in history as the pioneers of the aviation industry. Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first

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Day 8: Don’t Think.Try!

14/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 0 Comments Edward Jenner, Vaccinations

  The idea of a vaccine is counter-intuitive. Who would think of giving a person a disease to prevent them

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Day 7: A Resource untapped

13/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 1 Comment Enid Blyton, productivity, standontheshouldersofgiants, undermind

Life is a beach. The waves lap the shore. The winds blow, sometimes off shore, sometimes on shore. Some days

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Day 6: One More Try.

12/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 1 Comment Douglas Mawson, one more try

For Antarctic explorers the hidden crevasse is the mortal enemy. It lies in wait, ready to devour a man, his

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Day 5: “Getting on with it”

11/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 2 Comments Marie Curie, Red Tape, System D

  Radiation was Marie Curie’s field of expertise. She knew more about radiation than any other person on the planet.

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Day 4. Optimism and Courage

09/02/201908/02/2019 Gerard Stevenson 4 Comments Shackleton, The Endurance, tough optimism edit

The twenty seven men huddled together on the ice and waited. No one spoke. Really, there was nothing to say.

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