No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?

But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all.

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that media violence is causing the drop in crime rates?

On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other.

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn.

One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own story; to explain us to ourselves; to help us weave some meaning and purpose into the fabric of our lives; to illuminate our understanding of where we have come from; to paint word pictures of our future onto which we can project our aspirations.