I hope most of my students walk away with a lot less than they walked in with. Sometimes people ask me why we put such a focus on personal growth here in the I Love Real Estate Community. It’s not the be all and end all. The primary focus is definitely with helping people become […]
Question: Am I a ‘hard arse’?
Am I a hard-arse? No seriously. I want to know. Do I come off as a bit ‘edgy’ – a bit strict? I got that reflection from a student of mine the other day. We were in a small group, and they cracked a joke. Then they looked at me a bit startled and said, […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Dream big, step small
We are moving from dreaming into action. Don’t get carried away. Ok. Let’s check in. Third week of January… How you doing? How are you tracking with your New Year’s resolutions? And even if you didn’t make any resolutions exactly, chances are you still used the break to do a bit of a stock-take of […]
What The “Aussie Xmas” says about our psyche
Christmas gives us a unique insight into the Australia mindset… which is why I love it so much. I love Christmas in Australia. For a long-while I felt a little awkward or embarrassed about it – the way we import these European customs in an alien Australian context. Those traditions that celebrated everything the Europeans […]
The Chess Masters Guide Winning Life
An ancient chess strategy might hold the key to your success I remember how disappointed I was when I found out how chess computers worked. I always imagined them like some sort of super-intelligent army general, with a treasury of battleplans, a dash of cunning, and an uncanny ability to predict its opponents move. That […]
The elephant trainer’s guide to mind control?
This is how elephants trainers control their elephants, and why you are not stepping into your full power. Conditioning is brutal. The story goes that elephant trainers use a simple trick to stop their elephants from running away. When the elephants are very young and small, they tie them to a stake in the ground […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Do I believe in fate? My answer will surprise you.
I believe in fate, but not in the traditional sense. I still believe in personal power. Your life has it’s own drive. For a long time I was pretty lost. My life just didn’t seem like it had any internal consistency, any logic. It just didn’t make sense. My upbringing on a Queensland cattle farm […]
Work/Life Balance? Buddha says I got this Wrong!
Seems I had the wrong end of the stick with this one. This is how to really move from your centre. I was talking to one of my students the other day. He’s from Thailand and grew up Buddhist. Anyway, we got around to the idea of Buddha’s middle way, and I was surprised to […]
This kind of Strength is NOT the kind you want!
We have never needed a god like Atlas any more than we do right now. Atlas is synonymous with strength. He’s one of the most powerful gods in the pantheon. Every sculpture people make of him has his muscles rippling like a gay icon. But that’s not the lesson of Atlas. Atlas is cursed. Zeus […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: We’re all stressed. It’s what you do with it that counts.
Here’s how to deal with the stresses of modern life. “The trouble with her is that I always feel like I’m talking to her anxiety.” I was debriefing a conversation I had had earlier in the day with my hubby, and in that wisdom of the moment – that wisdom that just spontaneously pops out […]