The Art of Brilliance Blog

The best stories are those that move you; they stir some sort of emotion and create a feeling of empathy with one or more of the characters. You could say they take you on a journey.

Here’s one of Desmond Tutu’s stories. A man moves to a new town and decides to create a habit of going for a walk each morning. The route he takes runs beside a fast-flowing river which makes the walk all the more enjoyable.

It’s always choose-day. Here are some positive choices that you can start making, right now…

Fact: there are 361 different types of yoghurt at my local supermarket. I know because I’ve counted them.

The world’s always been a harsh place, but it’s feeling pretty damn brutal at the mo. There are no laughs on the BBC News channel. There are a lot of exhausted humans.

Timing is everything, apparently. Whether you’re buying or selling a house, attempting to make an appointment with your GP or navigating the rush-hour commute, it’s not so much what you do but when you do it that counts.

My first proper dalliance with The Art of Brilliance was a handful of years ago, when I attended one of their first Wellbeing Workouts online.

If you’re scanning every moment, looking for the bad, you’ll find it. Because that’s what you’ve programmed yourself to look for.