by Lesley Lyle | Aug 20, 2017 | Daily Life
Last month I stood on a wasp, an action I recommend others avoid at all costs. I felt the sting and it hurt, a lot, like being electrocuted and burned with a cigarette at the same time. I had my hands full at the time and although my instinct was to drop everything...
by Lesley Lyle | Aug 19, 2017 | Beliefs
I expect you know the adage ‘Jack of All Trades, Master of None’ and maybe you think it is apt and wise advice – I disagree. Ten thousand hour rule Yes, in order to master something you need to practice it a lot. According to Malcolm Gladwell, this is 10,000 hours if...
by Lesley Lyle | Aug 15, 2017 | Inspired
As I shared in a previous ‘thought’, I love BBC radio. One of my favourite programmes is Desert Island Discs, where each week a guest ‘castaway’ is interviewed about their life by the wonderfully. talented Kirsty Young. They are asked to choose...
by Lesley Lyle | Aug 14, 2017 | Beliefs
Until I was 27 years old, I thought that socks came in left and right versions. I can’t remember how I discovered that this isn’t the case, I think it was because I said something about my sock being uncomfortable because it was on the wrong foot and...
by Lesley Lyle | Aug 13, 2017 | Health
One day last week my daughter rang me and said “There is a programme on the radio about people who go on holiday and end up in the wrong place. You should ring them”. “Oh, I said `’Do you mean about the time we got stuck in the White Apache...
