There are still peaks that no human has touched. Are you going to be the one? “Everything has been done.” It can be tempting to think that the era of great adventure is over. You can’t go anywhere on earth these days where some American backpacker with an Instagram following hasn’t been before you. And […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: What the journey to wealth really looks like
This is a question everyone needs to ask themselves Being poor is easy. Ok, before you sik Alan Jones on me, hear me out. So let’s assume you are the average Australian. You earn the average wage. You have average wealth. Now lets say you want to increase your wealth. You want to be one […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: How To Get What You Want And Keep Others Happy
The last part in our little series – How to take people with you So over the past couple of weeks I’ve been looking at how you bring people along with you when you are determined to change. I’ve had this conversation a bit lately. Maybe it’s just what late February is about. In January […]
The secret meaning of Alice in Wonderland
There are (at least) three universal lessons in Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland is a thinly-veiled argument for flat-earth theory. Yeah, nah, I don’t really think that. But I found myself in the middle of a dinner party the other night. We started talking about what Alice in Wonderland meant, and I had to […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Why they blame you for their own pain
You are growing, but it is making people around you feel threatened. Here’s how to deal with it. How do you take your partner with you? How do you take your friends and family with you? How do you break out of the old and into the new, without triggering other people’s smothering strategies? These […]
A saucy poem for your lover
Hollywood has led us up the path. Try loving your lover like this. Ah Valentines Day. You’re everything I love and hate about human nature. On one hand you are a celebration of love – a recognition that love is the most powerful force in the universe, the most invigorating drive in the human body. […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Heartbreaking – but they don’t mean it!
When you get bigger, it can make people feel small, and they’ll want to hold you back. Here’s how we can deal with it. Sometimes to make a cake, you have to break a few eggs. To make some new chickens, you also have to break a few eggs. So how are you going with […]
If you don’t feel free – Do this!
Not all freedoms are the same. What are you really hungry for? I must have been privy to the dreams and aspirations of tens of thousands of people by now. It’s the first thing we ask when people come to us. “Well… what do you want to do? What do you want to achieve?” And […]
WARNING: Fail this, and everything fails
I was surprised to find this overlap between Zen and the New Age I’ve been thinking a bit lately about that saying “Excellence is an attitude.” It’s not something I’ve fully resonated with before – like it seemed a bit wishy-washy – like it came from that school of new age thinking where all you […]
This will make you rethink David and Goliath (and the weapon you choose)
David was never the underdog. The hidden lesson in the legend. So turns out we have the whole ‘David and Goliath’ story wrong. This story is firmly embedded in the collective consciousness. The Jewish army is facing off against the Philistines. They are both entrenched in their positions on opposing hills, in a stalemate. And […]