Lebowski wisdom and zen chat...Delightful and profound book chronicling conversation from these 2 characters. This was recommended on Threads and so on the list it went and I recently got round to reading it.You may well know Jeff Bridges, the actor who has starred in many roles, including as The Dude in The Big Lebowski.

Everyday tools for life's ups and downs...A Sunday Times bestseller (make of that what you will) and with over 1 million copies sold, this is a fairly mainstream psychology book written off the back of some of the author's Social Media efforts.

The seven principles of Positive Psychology that fuel success and performance at work...How to be happy (and what is happiness anyway) is the age old question, and this is another book jumping on this whole area. It draws on the 'newer' principles of positive psychology and expands on some of those ideas.

Another Sunday outing involving a walk, a pub, and a beer or 2. So where did we go and what's the story?Not far from Exeter in Devon, UK there's a cool little town by the name of Topsham and a very popular and interesting place it is to hang out. And one of it's pubs is the Bridge Inn which maintains it's traditional charm and classic beer.

Lessons from Japanese psychologyAs we all know, actually taking action is where it's at if we want to get things done. So there may be some irony in reading and talking about it, but if it helps us get going then that has to be a good thing.

Time management for mortals…A little 'time management' with a twist today as we delve into the best ways to spend our precious hours, days and weeks.The premise here is that if you live the current average lifespan of around 80 years, then that equates to about 4000 weeks, and those babies are ticking away.