Have you ever felt like the outsider? The one that is different? Who doesn’t fit? For me, there is a stack of irony in the telling the classic Ugly Duckling story by Hans Christian Anderson. A beautiful swan born to … Continue reading Finding one’s pack
One of the most frustrating side-affects of having choice; is having choice. Meaning, in 2020, we are all generally blessed with opportunity. The internet fixed that. If we want to study. We can do it on-line. If we want to … Continue reading Keen to get clear on where you are going?
Like you, and many others, I am basking in the glow a new year, a new decade and new possibilities. Right now it is easy. Really easy. To set my intentions for the year. To carve up time, allocate priorities … Continue reading The 366 day streak
What worked before, won’t now Moving from the management consulting space into real estate over the last five years has been a real eye opener into the way we do business in Australia. In my life before real estate, as … Continue reading How to survive as a leader in 2020
Here’s an interesting thought. What if the practice of getting yourself out of bed to go to gym was actually an act of self love rather than punishment. As parents, mothers, partners and husbands we are often caught in the … Continue reading Self Discipline equals Self Love
In any leadership role. Family leadership. Community leadership. Business Leadership. Stress can take it’s toll. And, there is plenty of evidence around to remind us that stress makes us dumb. It has everything to do with our caveman origins and … Continue reading Move. Breath. Exercise.
Mark Manson was onto something when he wrote his book ‘The subtle art of not giving a fuck‘ in terms of conserving our life energy. And, while you could accuse him of being somewhat crude, the basic philosophy gets our … Continue reading No F@#%! given
Give me a gritty, wounded, leader any day. I am not interested in the polished, perfect, take no risks model of leadership. Give me the messed up, made mistakes, didn’t quite get it right leader any day. … Continue reading Leadership in the trenches
Are you caught in start up hell? Or some sort of small business purgatory? Do you even remember why you thought that going into business for yourself was a good idea? Perhaps you thought that business was going to give … Continue reading 10 things that I wish I had known before starting a business
Are you leading or managing people and feel like a juggler in the circus? Or perhaps you feel like, when it comes to your team, that you are the proverbial duck gliding on the water but madly paddling underneath? Want … Continue reading The real truth about leading people