Dare to think out of the box?

Imagine this... It is late evening, quite dark and there is heavy rain. You are driving your two-seater car along a lonely road in a remote area. The nearest town is 40 minutes away and you have petrol only to reach the town. The petrol station will open only the following morning.

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Procrastination, the thief of time

Procrastination is the tendency to delay tackling tasks until the last minute. Psychologist Wayne Weiten of Santa Clara University says almost everyone procrastinates on occasions. However, research suggests that about 20 percent of adults are chronic procrastinators.

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Thorns on the Side

The power of television

Just a couple of weeks ago, I was glued to my television screen watching Superstorm Sandy batter the East Coast of the United States. I just changed the channel and the screen displayed a live rugby match from Twickenham in the UK. I clicked the remote again and watched a couple of minutes from a local teledrama.

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