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My son cycling without stablisers

Succeed by practicing failure

Saturday, 27th September 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Personal & Professional Development

My son had the ability to ride his bike without stabilisers, but all he was lacking was the confidence. He needed to get over the fear of failure and the fear of falling off.

So I unbolted the training wheels and helped my son on to his bike. And then we just practiced falling off, falling over, and generally pratting around. We broke down the fear barrier by ridiculing it.

All things must pass

Tuesday, 9th September 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Blog

Funerals are never easy. I’m sure many mourners find themselves lamenting that missed opportunity to say ‘goodbye’ properly. I’ve never had that chance to share that opportunity with any of those I’ve lost. A final farewell as the coffin is committed is the closest I’ve ever come. And that’s the moment when it becomes real; the moment you fully, truly realise you’ll never see that person again.

A cloudy blue sky: a metaphor for the mind

Blue-sky thinking

Tuesday, 5th August 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Personal & Professional Development

I remember being in a maths lesson one day when I was about 10. We had been asked to rate the probability of certain things happening on a scale of one to 10…

Man in Spiderman costume

Bye bye Spiderman

Saturday, 26th July 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Personal & Professional Development

I had a poignant moment this evening with my son. There was an element of sadness in that moment, but also beauty and it was something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

A distorted image of marathon runners

The second jog

Sunday, 20th July 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Personal & Professional Development

I’ve set my alarm for 7am tomorrow. That’ll give me time to squeeze a jog into my schedule before showering, meditating, having breakfast and then sauntering into my home office ready for a day at the helm of EggCup Web Design.

A lone person jogging on the beach at sunset

Off the couch and into the fire

Saturday, 19th July 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Personal & Professional Development

Today I did something I’ve never voluntarily done before — I went for a jog. That might not sound like much of an achievement to you, but it was a big step for me.

Buddha in the modern world

The bad Buddhist

Sunday, 20th April 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Blog, Personal & Professional Development

Over the course of the past 10 years I’ve dabbled with the philosophy of Buddhism — without much success I hasten to add. I began my adventure with ludicrously high expectations. Nirvana was only a few small steps away, or so I thought at the time…

Exploded whoopie cushion -- its okay to fail

You Are Going to Fail

Sunday, 13th April 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Personal & Professional Development

It’s okay to be afraid. The turning point in my life came when I realised that I couldn’t escape fear. It’s hard-coded into each and every one of us. It serves a powerful evolutionary purpose, so rather than trying to deny it I realised the only way forward was to embrace it and accept it for what it was.

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My first four years using a WordPress.com website

Sunday, 26th January 2014 · by Ian Pegg · in Blog, Writing & Content

I’ve been meaning to to set my own personal WordPress website live for ages. The curse of being a web designer is that it’s always your own site that gets pushed to the bottom of the pile!

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