The more I think about it the more I chuckle! Seriously folks, it exists. Silent speed dating. I was at a business event a couple of weeks back and in the same venue in another of the function rooms there was a silent speed dating event going on. And guess what, it was pretty quiet […]

We are utterly amazing creatures us human-beans with what we focus on. Here is a great example that’s got me thinking this week: Sunny day (in itself that is not so exciting, except when it’s the first really sunny day in many weeks). Gorgeous beach. Carload of friends rock up. Everything you think you’d need […]

I have been observing a beggar across the street from my office window for about 15mins now. He’s a bit of a regular at this particular street corner and with some wondering I am guessing he scoped that place because there is a busy ATM, a large post box and a bookstore window where people […]

Grab a bit of paper and a pen and get ready to play. Come on, it’s going to take you 2 minutes. You are in the middle of a circle. A circle of influence. Around you are 6 spokes. At the end of each spoke is another circle. With someone who is a direct influence […]

The education system teaches us to work things out for ourselves. It drums into us that we are supposed to work things out for ourselves. Yes that is exhilarating when you ‘get it’ for yourself. Yes there are skills that can be gained by learning it for yourself. But what I don’t agree with is […]

Trust is the highest form of compliment. But we don’t trust the judgment of just anyone. We are most likely to trust peeps who share our values and beliefs of course. So what values do we live by and which beliefs do we embody that need trust reviewing? It’s been a big theme in my […]

Are you a winner or a loser in your week? Relating to the work we do, I love the author’s Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith’s definition of winners and losers; ‘a winner is anyone who is doing what he or she loves. Whatever that may be! And a loser is someone who is losing time […]

My mind is popping. Like wow. I think I have my new favourite mindset concept to apply, to use for like forever. It’s 11pm and I’m at the back of a seminar room absorbing info from an awesome mentor. And the wow in my world is called ‘Learnings Per Hour’ (LPH).   We measure km’s […]

My latest ride is something else. The first time I drove it out the driveway it turned the lights and fog thingies on all by itself, it whipped the windscreen wipers on at the first sign of a bit of rain (scaring the begeezus out of me in the process as I was wondering what […]

Did the earth move for you too last week? For those of you not in Victoria, we experienced an earthquake on Tuesday night, in Melbourne! It was sizable for us novice earthquakers (5.3 on the richter scale) & lasted around a minute. But what was of note for me was witnessing how we all really […]