Craig Oliver
@craigoliver100.bsky.social
Global head of Strategy and Reputation at FGS. Podcast: Desperately Seeking Wisdom. Was David Cameron’s Director of Politics and Communications - and before that Editor, BBC News at 6 and 10.
I write about ageing in a way that makes us better not bitter in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. You can check it out by clicking below…
Old and Better, Not Old and Bitter
The real question of ageing is whether you stay open - or quietly close the door on life. Here’s my plan to keep it open.
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The gravitational pull of life is towards closing down. I write about remaining open in my latest Desperately Seekimg Wisdom Substack. Check it out by clicking below…
Old and Better, Not Old and Bitter
The real question of ageing is whether you stay open - or quietly close the door on life. Here’s my plan to keep it open.
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My Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack this week is about facing one of life’s big choices… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
Old and Better, Not Old and Bitter
The real question of ageing is whether you stay open - or quietly close the door on life. Here’s my plan to keep it open.
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Different parenting styles can cause real and lasting damage. I write about it in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack - you can check it out by clicking below…
A Little Rain
We swung, in a single generation, from neglecting our children to over-protecting them. Both produced major casualties? Wisdom helps us find a way...
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Is the famous opening to Angela’s Ashes true? 👇 I write about the extremes of parenting styles - and their impacts in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom substack. You can check it out by clicking below.
A Little Rain
We swung, in a single generation, from neglecting our children to over-protecting them. Both produced major casualties? Wisdom helps us find a way...
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Boredom was a very big side effect of parenting my generation. I write about the pros and cons in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. You can check it out by clicking below…
A Little Rain
We swung, in a single generation, from neglecting our children to over-protecting them. Both produced major casualties? Wisdom helps us find a way...
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The opening to my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack on how different parenting styles have added to mental health issues 👇. Check it out by clicking below…
A Little Rain
We swung, in a single generation, from neglecting our children to over-protecting them. Both produced major casualties? Wisdom helps us find a way...
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A short video on why my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack is called A Little Rain. You can check out the full piece by clicking on the link below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
A friend has “For God’s sake - be kind!” tattooed on his arm. It got me thinking - what’s the one thing I need to be constantly reminded of? What’s yours? I write about it in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. Check it out by clicking below…
The Hardest Thing
The wisest people keep giving the same advice. It is simple, universal - and the hardest thing to actually do.
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My latest Substack is about learning to let go - and how hard that can be when our reactions are instantaneous. You can check out the full piece by clicking below…
The Hardest Thing
The wisest people keep giving the same advice. It is simple, universal - and the hardest thing to actually do.
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I write about the things we struggle to let go - from minor irritations to deep-seated traumas - in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. Check it out by clicking below…
The Hardest Thing
The wisest people keep giving the same advice. It is simple, universal - and the hardest thing to actually do.
open.substack.com
A short video on my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. You can read the full thing by clicking below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
Simon and Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence is prophecy of a divided social media world. I write about it in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. You can check it out by clicking below…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
We’re taught that silence is precious. But life often shows us something different: it becomes whatever we place in front of it. We need to understand that to make the most of it.
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I write about understanding the power of silence for good and ill in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. Check it out by clicking below…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
We’re taught that silence is precious. But life often shows us something different: it becomes whatever we place in front of it. We need to understand that to make the most of it.
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I quote Gandhi in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack on when silence isn’t golden. Check out the full thing by clicking below…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
We’re taught that silence is precious. But life often shows us something different: it becomes whatever we place in front of it. We need to understand that to make the most of it.
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I quote words attributed to Martin Luther King in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. It’s a reminder that silence isn’t always golden. You can check it out by clicking below….
When Silence Isn’t Golden
We’re taught that silence is precious. But life often shows us something different: it becomes whatever we place in front of it. We need to understand that to make the most of it.
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More than sixty years on Simon and Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence feels like a a prophecy about the age of social media. I write about it in my latest Deaperately Seeking Wisdom Substack - When Silence isn’t Golden. Check it out by clicking below…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
We’re taught that silence is precious. But life often shows us something different: it becomes whatever we place in front of it. We need to understand that to make the most of it.
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Silence isn’t always golden - despite so much emphasis on that claim. I write about it in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. Check it out be clicking below…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
We’re taught that silence is precious. But life often shows us something different: it becomes whatever we place in front of it. We need to understand that to make the most of it.
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A short video on why I’m writing about why it’s too easy to say silence is golden. You can check out the full piece by clicking below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
I write about the insane task of being commissioned to write an 80,000 word book in less than three months in my latest Substack. It’s about coming to terms with the increased pressure to work and deliver… Check out the full piece by clicking below…
Imagining All of Us Happy
August used to be a moment of tranquility amid a storm of activity. No longer. How do we resist the pull to drive on instead of finding time to reflect and rest?
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In his essay, The Myth of Sisyphus comes to the seemingly perverse conclusion: One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” I write about why I’ve realised he’a right in my latest Substack. Check it out by clicking below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
Imagining All of Us Happy
August used to be a moment of tranquility amid a storm of activity. No longer. How do we resist the pull to drive on instead of finding time to reflect and rest?
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In his essay the Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus asserts: “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” It seems a perverse conclusion - but I explore why I’ve realised he’s right in my latest Substack. Check it out by clicking below…
Imagining All of Us Happy
August used to be a moment of tranquility amid a storm of activity. No longer. How do we resist the pull to drive on instead of finding time to reflect and rest?
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Too often our behaviours are dictated by the vanishingly few times we hit the jackpot. I write about how we can try to find a balance in my latest Substack. Check it out by clicking below…
Imagining All of Us Happy
August used to be a moment of tranquility amid a storm of activity. No longer. How do we resist the pull to drive on instead of finding time to reflect and rest?
open.substack.com
I write about Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus 👇in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. It seems a bleak way of looking at things - but in reality there is real hope and even happiness to be found in his philosophy. Find out why by clicking below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
Imagining All of Us Happy
August used to be a moment of tranquility amid a storm of activity. No longer. How do we resist the pull to drive on instead of finding time to reflect and rest?
open.substack.com
I start my latest Substack by describing an anxiety dream that’s recurred for decades👇. It’s part of a piece about knowing when to push - and when to rest and reflect. You can check it out by clicking below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
Imagining All of Us Happy
August used to be a moment of tranquility amid a storm of activity. No longer. How do we resist the pull to drive on instead of finding time to reflect and rest?
open.substack.com
A short video on why I’m writing about the August tension between having rest and reflection - and the constant drive to get things done. Check out the whole piece by clicking below: open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
Coming to terms with how small we are compared with the cosmos👇. You can check out the whole piece by clicking below…
Winning the Lottery a Trillion Times Over
There's nothing so mind-scrambling as being reminded of how inconsequential while focused on things we really care about. Here's what I learned when it happened to me...
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Trying to get things into perspective - what do the mind-boggling scales of the universe and our bodies have to teach us? You can check out my full Substack by clicking below…
Winning the Lottery a Trillion Times Over
There's nothing so mind-scrambling as being reminded of how inconsequential while focused on things we really care about. Here's what I learned when it happened to me...
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I quote the novelist, John Barth 👇in my latest Desperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. He nails our need to create a narrative we are at the centre of, despite being almost irrelevant in global terms. How to navigate this? Check out the whole piece by clicking below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...
Winning the Lottery a Trillion Times Over
There's nothing so mind-scrambling as being reminded of how inconsequential while focused on things we really care about. Here's what I learned when it happened to me...
open.substack.com
Having a healthy sense of our place in the universe is one way of working out what really does ans doesn’t matter. I write about this in my latest Deaperately Seeking Wisdom Substack. Check it out by clicking below.
Winning the Lottery a Trillion Times Over
There's nothing so mind-scrambling as being reminded of how inconsequential while focused on things we really care about. Here's what I learned when it happened to me...
open.substack.com