#0158 It’s Groundhog Day
One of my favourite movies growing up was Groundhog Day with Bill Murray released in 1993. Much to my wife’s disgust I am still likely to watch a re-run if it’s playing on TV. Besides…
Author: Storyteller Jewels
#0157 For Sale, Office Relics
At the turn of the century, Dotcom companies used the allurement of pool tables, beanbags and subsidised cafeteria’s to attract the best talent. It worked. It quickly became the norm and an expectation that you…
#0156 If Not Now, When
Investing is best played as a long game. Compound interest and time are statistically on your side. Start as early as you can, put in as much as you can, keep adding when possible and…
#0155 Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast
The title of a book I just bought by Ken Forkish about the art and science of baking artisan bread. I bought this book as I have recently discovered a passion for baking good bread…
#0154 Get the Crap out of the Way
Songwriters, Comedians, Poets, Authors, Actors all do it. I’m doing it right now. No-one and I mean no-one can say that the first piece of content they produced was any good. Or for the matter…
#0153 One Thing Leads to Another
Too busy… Too busy to make that call. Too busy write that blog. Too busy to start that project. Too busy to finish that project. Just too damn busy!! We start a task, it leads…
#0152 The First Next Step
There’s a lot going on in the world right now. There’s always a lot going on in our lives each and every day. And on each of these days we are (mostly) in control of…
#0151 Meditating to Write
Our world is an increasingly noisy place. We are interrupted, distracted, pulled, pushed, flexed and contorted in every direction each and every day. It’s hard enough to make time for the things that are actually…
#0150 What’s Stopping You Today?
I get up everyday. I shower and brush my teeth every day. I eat every day. I check social media and manage to watch some tv every day. There are many things that I do…
#0149 I Demand Your Attention
How did it feel reading the title of this blog? It’s likely you had an instant reaction to it. Push back. Who are you to demand my attention… With the pure volume of information that…
#0148 Just Remove the Question
We often reach out and ask how to solve something we want to get done.Google makes a lot of money around the premise of “How to….??” How to stop procrastinating? How to lose weight?How to…
#0147 Communicate Inward Too
Guilty. For someone who works in communication and badgers clients to consistently communicated out to their prospects, I am guilty of not communicating enough to my own clients. From my perspective, I am very generous…
#0146 Do we really have a choice?
You may have noticed, things have changed. It’s somewhat difficult to comprehend the breadth and depth of the impact this moment in time will have on the planet. There are many changes being enforced upon…
#0145 Dear Humanity
This week I (somewhat) celebrated my 50th birthday. I say somewhat as we are in the throws of what seems at times like Armageddon. 2020 will be known as year COVID-19 changed the world (maybe…
#0144 We Need Real Leadership
There’s no doubt we are in turbulent, unprecedented times. The world feels like it is melting down and the rapid change is scaring the ‘bejesus’ out of many. It’s in these times that Real Leadership…
#0143 Why do we Fear Growth?
This morning I watched as a friend posted her first video selfie on Facebook. It was part of a personal growth challenge set by her coach on breaking down barriers. It was raw and it…
#0142 You don’t have to Re-Invent to Innovate
When many talk or think about innovation particularly when brainstorming new product ideas, many think that they have to create the next Facebook or Google. Not so. Innovation can come in many forms. Big Bang…
#0141 Freedom to Choose
In a recent discussion with a business owner I asked “what would you like to be different in your future than it is today?” Whenever I ask this question invariably the response includes the word…
#0140 Finding your voice
Hard work is required to become good at something, even harder if you want to be great. A comedian has any number of attempts at refining a joke. Many bomb, some are OK and need…
#0139 Are you OK?
It is hard being a business leader. From the outside it is easy to think that they have it all, a business they get to run, the flexibility to make decision they want and the…