Americas: Venezuela’s Maduro to increase efforts to lure opposition into legislative vote Sectors: all Key Risks: strikes; business interruption In Venezuela, further efforts led by Nicolas Maduro to lure the opposition into participating in the upcoming 6 December legislative elections are expected. Such efforts will likely continue to deepen divisions amongst opposition leaders, most of […]
A Code. The final lockdown blog. I think you should be able to sum up what you live by in paragraph. Otherwise, you could look like one of those people on Facebook that re-posts a motivational quote every day – searchers. They want to follow; be something but don’t know what. They want change but […]
Mind F&$k In general, people have negative thoughts because they suffer and because they have fears. Humans, unlike animals, can derive from their present circumstances and believe that they can predict the future. When things are going well, the future looks bright, and when they are not, it seems dark. It’s human nature, we love […]
Can’t or Won’t. Can’t = Cannot. Won’t = Will Not. “Troy, what are you on about? Where are you heading with this?” Week four of lockdown and some people are beginning to break down. We spend so much time on making ourselves comfortable that we tend to forget what real hardship is. Lockdown is not […]
#2: Stoicism Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy which teaches the development of self-control and fortitude as a means of overcoming destructive emotions. Really? A philosophy lesson from a guy that did a four-year security degree in eight-years? A lesson, no – ideas, yes! A friend asked me, “how do you stay focused, in times […]
Isolation One minute your life is more or less normal, wake up, work, gym, weekends, the pub, meeting your friends, family time, shopping, and then overnight, it changes. You’re told to isolate, and the words social distancing are introduced. Social what? We are social creature. Tribal by nature. How do I survive […]
