Every time a colleague bumps another colleague on the street or in an elevator, the first question that’s always asked is, “So, are you busy?” And the answer is always “Yeah. Crazy busy”. “I’m so busy” has pretty much become the…
Time appears of an unmeasurable length. Unless you smoke weed. With weed, the notion of time is completely overthrown. The moments are years, and the minutes are centuries. That’s why all of the great jazz musicians smoked weed, beginning with…
Chances are your mother smoked and drank when she carried you. She didn’t take vitamins, or go to birthing lessons, or listen to “how to be a good mother” podcasts. She did take heaps of aspirin, and ate tuna from…
I’ve been thinking about thinking. We think all the time. I call it the voice in my head and it’s always on, even when I’m trying to fall asleep at night. But is it really you doing the thinking? It…
I run workshops for groups of people who work in medium and large organisations — be they leaders, high potentials, or a team or division. And one of the questions I ask my workshop participants is, “What are the attributes…
Is one of the main reasons you’re in your current job because the money is good? And is one of the main reasons you are reluctant to leave your job because you can’t imagine taking a pay cut, or the…
My Brand YOU workshops challenge people to get out of their comfort zone and start thriving in life. And the thing that keeps people in their comfort zone – playing small, settling, majoring in minor things – is their fear.…
I recently completed a course that reminded me how most people dabble their way through life, sweating the small stuff, worrying and obsessing about little things. “Shit, that’s me!” All the time and energy I spend on crummy stuff. Stressing…
A school friend of mine died five years ago. He was 52, and motor neurone disease had slowly nibbled away at his body for over three years. I was asked to write his eulogy for a service that was being…
