About This Issue

Rich Monday Paper World Edition 123 opens with an invitation to listen. In her Editor’s Letter, Dr Marina Nani reflects on self-actualisation as human progress: becoming fully the person you are capable of being. You can see that progress in Serbia, where Sunday’s election gave a student movement born from the Novi Sad station disaster a majority in parliament and ended Aleksandar Vučić’s 14 years in power. It marks the beginning of a new age of leadership, driven by the power of listening. That self-awareness runs through the edition. You will find the ten traits of self-actualised people and the habits that build each one, an eight-question check on how your confidence shapes your decisions, lessons in gratitude from your dog and eight ways to clear the clutter that competes for your attention. The edition also prepares you for a week that will shape the world beyond your front door: Healey’s first Budget on Wednesday, the candles of All Saints across Europe on 1st November, the US midterms on 3rd November and Bonfire Night on 5th November. As Dr Nani writes, it is a wonderful time to be alive for anyone willing to listen.