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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 power of positivity
Human flourishing and optimal functioning.
Martyn Foster
Jun 7, 20243 min read
Misery begets misery
There’s no news like bad news.
Martyn Foster
May 31, 20241 min read
Engaging with life
We are creatures of comfort, seeking safety and security, but is this antithetical to living fully?
Martyn Foster
May 24, 20242 min read
Pardon the interruption
Normal service will resume shortly.
Martyn Foster
May 17, 20243 min read
Outsourcing our sanity
I get by with a little help from my friends (and family).
Martyn Foster
Mar 22, 20243 min read
What is your deepest fear, young man?
That you are inadequate?
Martyn Foster
Mar 8, 20242 min read
You can lead a camel to water, but you can’t make it drink.
Why providing people with free knowledge and wisdom doesn’t make people smart nor wise.
Martyn Foster
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Do you think I am a good person?
People pleasers and the incessant need to be liked.
Martyn Foster
Feb 23, 20244 min read
What I find beautiful and joyous about the world and humanity
From the big to the small, the otherworldly to the mundane, the well-known to the unknown.
Martyn Foster
Feb 16, 20245 min read
A sense of wonder gone asunder
Reclaiming joy from a once fun and outgoing child.
Martyn Foster
Feb 9, 20244 min read
Get busy living or get busy dying
A year of specificity, challenges and getting personal.
Martyn Foster
Feb 2, 20244 min read
Remembering you’re still human…
…all too human…
Martyn Foster
Dec 15, 20234 min read
Limitation can be good
It’s the happiness of pursuit rather than the other way around.
Martyn Foster
Dec 8, 20234 min read
The price of higher education
Needing a degree for everything devalues higher education.
Martyn Foster
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Relationships and communication
Your use of language can convey many different thoughts and feelings.
Martyn Foster
Nov 24, 20234 min read
Money & Art – Part II
A follow up discussion to an ever-present question.
Martyn Foster
Nov 17, 20234 min read
Why I’m afraid to ask for money
Because Socrates never asked for a cent…
Martyn Foster
Nov 10, 20234 min read
Solitude vs Social
Lone wolf vs the pack.
Martyn Foster
Nov 3, 20234 min read
Time & Technology
Making us superhuman or less human?
Martyn Foster
Oct 27, 20234 min read
Why Phillip Island is the greatest motorcycle racetrack…
…in the world.
Martyn Foster
Oct 20, 20233 min read
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