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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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I want it all and I want it now – Delayed gratification in the world of “On-Demand”
Understanding our urge to give in to temptation.
Martyn Foster
Oct 2, 20203 min read
Take 5 - Classic Art
True beauty is eternal.
Martyn Foster
Sep 29, 20203 min read
Take 5 – Thoughts on Friendship
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
Martyn Foster
Sep 22, 20202 min read
Take 5 – A good read
The quality of what you read has an impact on you.
Martyn Foster
Sep 8, 20203 min read
As time goes by – Time flies whether you are having fun or not
As the sand in the hourglass trickles down at a constant rate, how do you approach life?
Martyn Foster
Aug 28, 20202 min read
Great Expectations – Finding the light or melting in the sun?
Expectations can guide and motivate us in the right direction, but also burn us under their searing heat.
Martyn Foster
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Who is interested? – Doing it for you or for others
Ideally, you’d align the two, but sometimes you must go it alone.
Martyn Foster
Aug 7, 20202 min read
Sad state of affairs – Acknowledgement, not denial, of the bad helps us move towards the good
It’s okay to not be okay, but not for extended periods of time.
Martyn Foster
Jul 24, 20202 min read
In praise of the quiet life: Why the cost of sanity in this society is a certain level of alienation
A truly rich life may be one that is a little poorer and little more obscure.
Martyn Foster
Jul 10, 20203 min read
Caring, kindness and compassion – The subtle art OF giving a f*ck
What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
Martyn Foster
Jul 3, 20204 min read
Celebrating the ordinary life – It’s okay to not be exceptional
The majority of people are destined for what approximates an average life, by definition, and we need to learn that this is okay...
Martyn Foster
Jun 26, 20203 min read
Learning vs Performance Approaches – Task Mastery vs Outcome Oriented
“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.” Or is it?
Martyn Foster
May 22, 20203 min read
Write as if no one will read it – Pseudo-advice or a stroke of counterintuitive genius?
We’re always told to dance as if no one is looking, sing as if no one is listening, have sex as if no one is watching…
Martyn Foster
May 15, 20203 min read
Alien Isolation – What can we draw from this time of ‘foreign’ solitude
Isolation is uncommon to most modern human beings, so, how will we respond and what can we do to combat it?
Martyn Foster
Mar 27, 20204 min read
You don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone – A positive travel narrative
Where there’s a will, there’s a way, but we won’t be going anywhere for the indefinite future. So how do we get our travel fix?
Martyn Foster
Mar 20, 20203 min read
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