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QWAN - Quality Without A Name
The many and varied thoughts of Martyn Foster
Welcome to QWAN - Quality Without A Name. This is the blog of writer Martyn Foster who embodies the spirit of QWAN through producing high quality pieces of writing without being a household name.
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The Age of Entitlement
The people who live permanently on “yes” street.
Martyn Foster
Feb 18, 20224 min read
You are enough vs You are more than you think
Two prominent yet competing modes of being and why ultimately one is superior to the other.
Martyn Foster
Feb 11, 20225 min read
Good Grief!
To grieve or not to grieve, that is the question.
Martyn Foster
Jan 28, 20225 min read
Disposable Humans
Why our consumerist lifestyle has transferred over to our relationships with people.
Martyn Foster
Jan 21, 20225 min read
Inner Peace
Cultivating a garden of tranquillity, but I’m no warrior.
Martyn Foster
Oct 29, 20213 min read
It’s ok to be you
Otherwise life will be very long (or very short).
Martyn Foster
Oct 15, 20213 min read
Discipline, duty, demand…
What keeps you going when the motivation isn’t there.
Martyn Foster
Aug 6, 20214 min read
Vulnerability and the fear of being yourself
Why being authentic is an act of courage, but first we must attempt to know ourselves.
Martyn Foster
Jul 30, 20214 min read
Patience
Is it still a virtue?
Martyn Foster
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Ethical Sponsorship in Sport
A general discussion on where do you draw the line on advertising.
Martyn Foster
Jul 2, 20214 min read
Sacrifice
Bargaining with the future.
Martyn Foster
Jun 18, 20213 min read
This time will be the last time…
Though we rarely know or acknowledge it in the moment.
Martyn Foster
May 21, 20212 min read
What can you do in an hour?
An exercise in productivity and efficiency.
Martyn Foster
May 14, 20213 min read
What is it that people actually want?
Can we ever be truly satisfied?
Martyn Foster
May 7, 20215 min read
Disappearing act or last man standing?
Why most people don’t stay with you throughout your life.
Martyn Foster
Apr 30, 20214 min read
To celebrate death…
We must first shed our fear of it.
Martyn Foster
Apr 2, 20214 min read
Sometimes I sits and thinks
And sometimes I just sits.
Martyn Foster
Mar 12, 20212 min read
It’s not easy being green
It can get quite dark.
Martyn Foster
Feb 26, 20218 min read
Do you really want to improve?
Or is it just for others to be better?
Martyn Foster
Feb 19, 20215 min read
To be or not to be (happy)
That is the question.
On the surface the question seems like a no brainer.
Martyn Foster
Feb 12, 20212 min read
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