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April 7, 2025

#0607 Which Are You

Being human is hard as it turns out. We put on our professional face and become the version expected of us. Polite, professional, forthright as required. When asked to be yourself we struggle to let…

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February 19, 2025

#0589 Evolution

In my twenties I was keen to learn and was a sponge.In my thirties I knew everything and was invincible.In my forties I questioned everything and became skeptical about everyone.In my fifties I realised I…

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February 5, 2025

#0583 Your Uniqueness

Everything started as hand crafted by many until industrialisation kicked in when everything became mass produced by a few key players. We then craved the hand made and sites like Etsy took off. You can…

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January 20, 2025

#0576 Not So Grumpy

Listening rather than talking.Asking more, telling less.Being opened and not closed minded.Positivity in preference to negativity.Smiling over scowling. These are the traits I now look for in others, but also a reminder to emanate them…

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January 17, 2025

#0575 Autopilot

A deep insight from a good friend… “On many days, I wake up with largely the same thoughts, thereby triggering largely the same emotions, thereby driving the same behaviours, thereby creating the same experiences day…

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January 15, 2025

#0574 Do as you Say

Communicate what you can do, then do as you say. Telling me what I want to hear and then not delivering on that promise will lead to mistrust. Actions ultimately speak louder than words.

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June 21, 2024

#0509 Unimaginable Pain

Less than 24 hours later I was in the emergency department at the hospital. The hernia had totally collapsed, and I was in so much pain I had to be stretchered from the horizontal position…

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May 27, 2024

#0500 Five Hundred

Halfway there. Seth Godin once wrote that you have to get past the first thousand blogs to get the to the good stuff. It felt impossible at the start but here I am at 500…

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May 3, 2024

#0491 Show Up

I have a red chair in the corner of my office, it serves two primary purposes. It is my thinking chair, a place to contemplate the big ideas, the strategy, the future. My writing place,…

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April 22, 2024

#0486 Just In Time Learning

I have stopped reading books. Let me clarify, I have stopped reading books that I am unlikely to do anything with. You know, interesting but not very useful at the time. Now, I seek out…

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March 27, 2024

#0477 Problem Solving

During my daughter’s parent teacher meeting her Math teacher advised to review and consolidate information as the body of knowledge grows, it will help embed it into your brain for recall in exams. Took me…

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March 8, 2024

#0470 True(r) Self

From the time I first started in business right through to not that long ago I had a distinct business persona and a private one, and never would they mix. On reflection, I believed it…

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February 2, 2024

#0456 Personal Brands

Well before social media there are countless examples of enduring personal brands. Napoleon, Shakespeare, Darwin, Einstein and the list goes on. Of course back then you had to have done something of historical significance which…

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November 27, 2023

#0441 Milestones

Kids will proudly announce that they are 5 and a 1/2. The half to someone five years of age is a big percentage in relation to their time on this earth. As we get older…

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October 6, 2023

#0423 Deep Authenticity

Not just fake news but deep fakes where audio and video representations are near impossible to distinguish. How will the average Joe be able to form sensible opinions when the narrative is being controlled by…

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September 22, 2023

#0418 Humanising You

During a recent podcast interview I was expanding on a two part response. Problem was, by the time I got through part one I had lost track of what part two was. The host and…

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September 18, 2023

#0416 Why

For me first. Producing my own content is a form of therapy for me. I get into a trance like meditative state when I write and once it is done, I feel a sense of…

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March 17, 2023

#0345 Space

I may be a little obsessed with my lawn. The cutting, feeding, watering and cutting again is relentless. On no two days does it look the same, ever changing, longingly gazing. By no means perfect,…

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October 19, 2022

#0300 Reasons Why

To persist with something for a long time there must be a reason why and it is never money. It is important in business to step back from the chaos on occasion and reflect on…

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September 7, 2022

#0285 Do

“That’s a million dollar idea!” Nope There is no dollars without action. That action is worth a dollar, now go do a million of them.

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