The Art of Brilliance Blog

The boffins at the University of London’s Institute of Education have devised some monetary values of happiness: (more…)

In a twist of fate and circumstance, I recently found myself amidst a book fair.  It was a wonderful thing; thousands of donated books liberally scattered around the benches of a school hall. (more…)

UK life expectancy is 82.9 years for women and 79.2 for men. On average, you’ll be knocking about for around 4000 weeks. (more…)

Do you ever get your brushes out and splash some paint on a canvas? (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)

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

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

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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. (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)