Silence...
Today I will give myself a treat - I will take time to silence my inner voice [see photo]. Minimalism is primarily about taking control...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Yes!
Life is great [see photo]. On Thursday 25th March 2021 I received my first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine. I never intended to get...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 27, 20212 min read
Standards...
Higher standards usually come with added costs [see photo]. But... The paradox in Western societies today is that declining standards...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 26, 20211 min read
Fragmenting...
We live in a world that is fragmenting [see photo]. There is no grand design so most of us find ourselves busy working on our part of the...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Patterns....
Structure and organisation is what defines the patterns you have chosen in life [see photo]. I am defined by the patterns of my thinking....
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 24, 20213 min read
China...
China remains a mystery to most people in the West. Even those who lavish great praise on China are prone to talk about the mythology...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Sabine Schmitz...
I never met Sabine Schmitz however like many thousands of people around the world I was a fan. Sabine died on the 18th March 2021 from...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Mao Zedong...
Moa Zedong was the human droplet that changed the world in the C20th. Here are some of his thoughts that led to the Cultural Revolution...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 21, 20212 min read
Being woke is a great leap backwards....
At least twenty two million people died in the famine created by Chairman Mao's and his plans for The Great Leap Forward [see photo]....
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 20, 20212 min read
Baizou...
白左 Baizou is a Chinese word that refers to those Europeans and Americans who speak “love and peace” everyday but do not know the...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Mindfulness versus mindlessness....
The reason I invented my version of minimalism is that I needed to live my life as a mindful person. It has taken me twenty years to...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 18, 20212 min read
Lessons learnt from Team New Zealand...
The big takeaway from Team New Zealand [who just won the 36th America's Cup] is truly startling. The Kiwis had the latest sailing...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 17, 20212 min read
Winning....
Today the New Zealand boat won the 36th running of the America's Cup. How do we know that is true? They were first across the line in...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 16, 20212 min read
Fashions and fads....
Follow your passion is a fashionable meme today: indeed it has become a fad [see photo]. What does this mean exactly? I am not sure but I...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Working from home....
In a post-covid world, whenever that might be, we employers must draw a clear distinction between work done at home and work done from...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 14, 20212 min read
A culture of one...
The Kingfisher lives inside a "culture of one" [see photo]. He is a minimalist in the purest sense of that term. He fulfils his basic...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 13, 20213 min read
The big red boat was incredible...
In Auckland New Zealand today teams from Italy and the host nation are battling to win a series of boat races. The scene is the 36th...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 12, 20211 min read
Know the value of it....
We inhabit a world where a price is attached to almost everything and yet few of us know the value of a smile [see photo]. As I write...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 11, 20212 min read
My life is wonderful....
I live in Prague where the impact of the Covid virus currently is at a peak. Indeed for the past twelve months my life has been...
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Richard Lipscombe
Mar 10, 20212 min read
Just say "no"....
We live in a time of "minority rule" and we can either accept that as the new normal or reject it as we chart our own course for life,...
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