Two Operas in one week.
On Friday evening 2 August 2024 we arrived back in Sydney after 3 weeks in France and London. We started in London on Thursday via Dubai and took 23 hours. After nearly 2 weeks we have nearly recovered from the jet lag. Flying East is much tougher to recover than flying West. Old age does not help either. I had booked to see the opera version of Hamlet on the following Monday and Cosi Fan Tutti on the Thursday at least 6 months earlier. Those of my special followers who have.....
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240722 Personality is dramatically more important than emotional intelligence I recently read this article in Fast Company Magazine by Richard Davis:5 tips to effectively judge people using personality science from an organizational psychologist. The article is excellent and corrects what is the biggest mistake made by practitioners of Emotional Intelligence. Richard Davis, is an organizational psychologist and managing director at Russell Reynolds Associates, who argues that insight.....
Read MoreReview of King Lear performed by the Bell Shakespeare Company
King Lear is widely recognised as one of Shakespeare’s great plays if not the greatest. Every actor dreams to play what is the best part in Shakespeare. The Bell Shakespeare Company is performing King Lear this year and last Sunday I want to see it. It was the first time I had been to the Seed Theatre at the new Neilson Nutshell Complex located at the end of Piers 2&3 off Hickson Road. I must give a shout out to Keir Neilson who funded the project. It is an outstanding add.....
Read MoreIs Malevolence the key to success?
This article Malevolence ‘key to excellence’ recently appeared in the Australian (12/6/24) If you can’t get beyond the paywall here is an AI generated summary: Michael Jordan's assertion that achieving "GOAT" status in sports requires stepping on others finds scientific support in a study by Nottingham Trent University. The research examined over 300 elite athletes, focusing on the "dark triad" of personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. These traits, of.....
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