Author Archives: stephthesmart

Over the past five years I’ve seen a big change in the attitudes students have with failure and failing. Today’s ponder is going to try to make sense of what the change is, why that is, and consider what we can do about it. I first started lecturing back in 2017. Most of the classesContinue reading “Is failure becoming a failsafe?”

I don’t know about those of you reading this, but I feel we’re constantly being bombarded with having to get somewhere, or having to achieve something, the focus always being on the end goal, or the destination. Whilst I don’t necessarily think of this as a bad thing, I do have a little nit-pick withContinue reading “Embracing the Journey: Why it’s rarely about the destination”

Its a phrase I’m sure many of you have heard of and maybe even use in your day to day life. I know I do. I often say it as a response to when someone has told me something good has happened to them, or they are going to try something new, or even whenContinue reading “What does ‘living your best life’ really mean?”

Before I begin, let’s address the elephant in the room. You’ll notice there is a slight contradiction here relating to my previous post on adulting. My previous statement still applies. I still categorise myself as a kidult. However, that doesn’t mean I haven’t learned things that I think others deserve to know. Surely I can’tContinue reading “Becoming an Adult: Twenty-One Things I wish I’d known.”

In a world where we spend a lot of time in the comfort and security of our ‘safety bubble’, also known as the comfort zone, the idea alone of doing “something that scares you” once in a while, really is scary. Often the thought of doing such a thing creeps up on us, to thenContinue reading “Leaving the ‘Safety Bubble’ and Fighting Fear.”

Those of you who have been paying attention to my social media or the SmartPonders website, you’ll have seen (hopefully) that there is now a podcast area. Not only that, at the time of writing this blog, it has two podcasts on it! It was never really an intention to start a podcast, however, itContinue reading “‘Smash or Grab’: Insights from a nine year old broadcaster.”