It is now the end of April and I am amazed at how quickly this year is moving. As we prepare for winter I am reflecting on how much has happened this year. Most significantly our youngest daughter, Lauren, married…

Happy New Year! I trust that you had a wonderful time over the summer break time and feel refreshed and ready for another exciting year of harnessing your potential and manifesting possibilities.  I always like to begin the year setting…

When Oprah was asked by the late Gene Siskel, “What do you know for sure?” she said that she got all flustered and was initially lost for words.  The question has become a commitment legacy for her to find at…

As we come to the end of the year it is a great time to reflect on what has happened in our lives, our accomplishments and learnings over the past 12 months, and begin to think about preparing for next…

I received an email today from James Nikolaidis from hrmweb.com.au, a star graduate of our Executive Intelligence program. He sent me through today’s Seth Godin’s blog on mental rehearsal saying that it clearly reminded him of what he had learnt…

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Dalai Lama Last week I…

All successful people know that failure is a necessary part of growth and innovation. From failure comes feedback and from feedback comes learning, iteration, adaptation and building new conceptual and physical models. In our society failure is often not tolerated…

We grow at all levels by expending energy beyond our normal limits and then recovering.  I am going in my first endurance cross country mountain bike race in 4 weeks time and I have been focusing on increasing my physical…

Excellence is a word that is bandied around a lot lately.  When I think of excellence I tend to think of something that is a standout – it is exceptional with sustainable value and quality. Excellence is both a process…

Moving into a new year, it is vital to commit your thinking to paper and write out your goals for the year.  Committing goals to paper is a powerful exercise which uses first, out conscious mind to determine what we…