When I joined the Royal Australian Air Force, women couldn't be pilots, so I got into logistics. One of the female engineers won the right to fly just after I…
There was a popular movie in the 90's called "What about Bob?" where the egotistical psychotherapist, played by Richard Dreyfuss, wrote a book entitled "Baby Steps". The title represents a…
Have a look at a great video clip from NLP master trainer Steve Andreas about guilt. He gives us some really good reframing: If I'm feeling guilty about something rude…
FOMO - the fear of missing out. Many thanks to Tim Ferriss for the perfect acronym. I’ve just started a really amazing course and am really wanting to do another…
Just a thought. If you are feeling too old and stuck in your habits to change the world (hehe) but have lots of ideas and "wishes" - get connected with…
For most of us it's natural to presume the worst. As Rick Hanson explains, we are hard wired to focus on the negative - our ancestors who survived learned to…
So pleased to see Michelle Payne's winning ride today in the Melbourne Cup and her stirring words: "its such a chauvinistic sport...I just can't say how grateful I am to…
I love Margaret Heffernan's TED talk about superchickens! It reinforces the Belbin research from many years ago showing that a super team of people who are working for the good…
What if we had conversations with the purpose of converging our ideas, rather than trying to convert others? Then instead of two ideas we could have an new and interesting…
A great article by Isaac Asimov on what's needed for group creativity. In essence - a small group of people with expertise, who are willing to appear foolish by contemplating…
I love the phrase "a place for everything and everything in its place" and wanted something that could sit near the back door to hold keys, sunglasses, phone etc.…
A 2014 article by Dennis Nishi in the Wall Street Journal, tells an anecdote about a school teacher, Eric Adler, who becomes a consultant, but doesn't like consulting and then…