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Best Heart Rate for Endurance and Speed

by Mark Ward

The 180 Heart rate formula created by Phil Maffetone has revolutionised thinking in heart rate training for speed, endurance, health and fitness. Maffetones 180 formula was pivotal in returning triathlete, and ironman Mark Allan to winning form to an outstanding … Read the rest “Best Heart Rate for Endurance and Speed”

How to live like Wim Hof

by Mark Ward
Wim Hof Ice Bath

Wim Hof, The Iceman, the enigma and world record holder. How does a 60-year-old Wim perform to this level and inspire others into their greater potential? Wim Hof is mostly recognised for his cold endurance and cold immersion techniques. 

With … Read the rest “How to live like Wim Hof”

How to live like a Stoic in 4 steps

by Mark Ward
Stoic superman

What can a 2,000-year-old philosophy do to help us thrive in the 21st century? Stoicism is a very practical way of thinking with a number of techniques that can not only help us cope, but help us thrive and grow. … Read the rest “How to live like a Stoic in 4 steps”

CVE-2021-3156 Sudo

by Mark Ward

Time to patch.

Sudo vulnerability allows attackers to gain root privileges on Linux systems (CVE-2021-3156)
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Notes: The Art of Invisibility

by Mark Ward
Privacy

This is the first section of key takeaway notes from The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnik, a compelling source of information for a one wanting to understand the risks of not considering privacy online. Not just reserved for … Read the rest “Notes: The Art of Invisibility”

Summary of Mindfulness Benefits

by Mark Ward

Mindfulness has been a great focus of research over the last couple fo decades. That said, the scientific research is lacking in rigour in some areas. Here are a few largely held believes on the benefits of Mindfulness

Meditation Benefits
Meditation Benefits
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Background to Mindfulness

by Mark Ward
Past Present Future

Our mind is a great time traveller. Our thoughts bounce between reflection and replay of the past and planning and forecasting the future.

This storytelling mode of our mind sacrifices our time in the right now. This time right now, … Read the rest “Background to Mindfulness”

Mindfulness Introduction Week 1

by Mark Ward
Mindful or Mindfull

Session Start

Welcome.

This is week one of our ventures into Mindfulness. Each week we will focus on trying out at new techniques, building on techniques we already know and sharing our experiences and questions.

First Practice, quick breathing exercise

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An open mind is an educated mind

by Mark Ward

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

There is some speculation on the source of this quote. It is often attributed to Aristotle. More on that later.

The … Read the rest “An open mind is an educated mind”

Improving your Blog with Grammarly Free and Premium

by Mark Ward
Grammarly Logo

There is much more to excellent blog writing than your browser’s spellchecker. WordPress options are limited. Grammarly Free (or Premium) results in a massive improvement in the written quality of your WordPress site for both human visitors and search engines.… Read the rest “Improving your Blog with Grammarly Free and Premium”

Getting to know Seneca

by Mark Ward

Who was Seneca? Seneca was an influential and often quoted Stoic philosopher. Seneca was born in 4 B.C. in Cordoba, Hispania (modern-day Spain). Known as Seneca the Younger and Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Senaca, later raised in Rome, was a pivotal … Read the rest “Getting to know Seneca”

Sharesies – everything you need to know

by Mark Ward

Kiwi investment platform Sharesies provides easy to use investing removing the barriers to investing found elsewhere. No minimum investment amount is a key feature that attracts young New Zealanders to the investment platform.

Kiwi company Sharesies has created an almost … Read the rest “Sharesies – everything you need to know”

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor (ebook, pdf)

by Mark Ward

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor covers the life of Marcus Aurelius in a unique and entertaining way of introducing and exploring a number of key Stoic principles in practice.

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor overlays a … Read the rest “How to Think Like a Roman Emperor (ebook, pdf)”

How to live like a Stoic in 4 steps — How to live like

by Mark Ward

What can a 2,000 year old philosophy do to help us thrive in the 21st century? Stoicism is a very practical way of thinking with a number of techniques that can not only help us cope, but help us thrive

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Be in the Arena

by Mark Ward

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the

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