#0364 Opposing Viewpoint
Further validation will not help. If you are stuck on something, affirmation from others is not going to move you forward. Seek a different perspective. Someone in a different industry, role or world view. Someone…
Category: You
#0363 Take a Moment
There are many firsts and many lasts in our lifetime. Our first steps, words, day at school etc. As we get older these seem to turn into lasts. The last backpacking trip through Europe, the…
#0355 Machu Picchu
In a perfect world, if you were to do A, B then C you would get to D. Unlike the alphabet however, real life does not execute the same for everyone. Therefore being disappointed when…
#0354 School Limits
When I was on full school pickup duties I was super productive between the hours of 10am and 2pm because I had to. Without these restrictions I can spend entire days sitting at my desk…
#0352 Before You Know It
Are we there yet? As any parent can attest, these words are inevitable on any road trip no matter how long. We do it as adults too. Maybe not out aloud, but we are too…
#0351 The Edges
If something feels too big to tackle make it smaller. We tend to back away from the hard tasks in favour of the quick and easy. All we are doing is becoming more average. Innovation,…
#0350 He Said She Said
Do you remember the last time you played the game “Chinese Whispers” or “Telephone” as it is also known? In a line of people, the first person whispers a sentence to the next, that person…
#0346 Your Choice
You will not be able to learn guitar if you do not pick up a guitar.You will not be able to run a marathon if you have not run your first mile.You will not be…
#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,…
#0342 Share
She was carrying all the weight on her shoulders. As my daughter haphasardly filled her backpack it was evident it was not going to be pleasant to haul around. The key to a comfortable walk…
#0339 Leverage
On foot we are not the fastest on the planet, but in a rocket ship we are. I am not that strong, different story if I am operating a forklift. If I have a complex…
#0338 Invisible Predators
What is the worst thing that can happen if you do? It is a simple question that invariably invokes responses that are nowhere near as bad as you first imagined. Our brains are designed to…
#0337 Fear Response
Scarcity and urgency are two marketing techniques that you are being subjected to on a daily basis. ‘Limited quantity available’ or ‘this weekend only’ These simple techniques trigger our FOMO response and we immediately want…
#0334 Heal to Focus
As I stare at my screen struggling to write the first words I realise the pain in my back is taking all my attention. Attention that is needed elsewhere but keeps being drawn back to…
#0332 Effort
A photographer takes thousands of images you will never see.Swimmers are doing laps when you are asleep.Hoops are being missed before the big games. And when it is time to perform they make it look…
#0331 Many First Impressions
They say you do not get a second chance at a first impression. I do not believe that to be true. I think every time you meet someone is a chance to set a first…
#0329 Add or Subtract
Start taking notice of what energises you and what drains you. Are you pumped after a conversation with particular colleagues or exhausted?Do you love the buzz of a big group or the intimacy of a…
#0328 Influencers
You are influenced by that which you focus on and you focus on that which you are influenced by. What do you watch & read?Who do you hang out with?What do you work on?Who do…
#0322 Baggage
No matter how small something is, it, along with other small things will continue to weigh you down if you let them. New Year is always a good time for a cleanse. I am not…
#0317 Fumbling
“It was about 10 years ago, no, maybe eleven. Hang on, it was probably 12” We have all experienced this style of fumble in a delivery and all that was going through your head was…