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Mal James
Contributor at Scandinavia Standard
- 11 stories
- Writing since 2026
Mal covers self-development, productivity, relationships, and the psychology of work. He is an entrepreneur and former teacher, and brings both perspectives into his writing. Mal's pieces focus on the practical — how people change behavior, build better habits, and navigate the parts of life that don't come with instructions.
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- Aug 13, 2026 Thought of the day from Finnish composer Jean Sibelius + Culture
- Aug 13, 2026 One of the richest men on Earth drove a fifteen-year-old Volvo and flew economy — IKEA's Ingvar Kamprad, whose creed ran + Lifestyle
- Aug 13, 2026 Thought of the day from Danish author Hans Christian Andersen + Lifestyle
- Aug 13, 2026 Less than 1 per cent of Swedish municipal waste reaches a landfill, but the country still imported 3.86 million tonnes… + Culture
- Aug 7, 2026 Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard argued that the most common form of despair is the kind nobody notices, least of… + Lifestyle
- Aug 6, 2026 Quote of the day by Carl Jung: "Where love rules, there is no will to power + Lifestyle
- Aug 6, 2026 How did a country keep homelessness near 0.08 per cent + Lifestyle
- Aug 5, 2026 Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca + Lifestyle