An Indian parable that points to the essence of personal growth. There’s a teaching story out of India I really love. There’s someone living on rocky and infertile island. One day someone comes out of the water and says to them, “What are you doing here? You should come across to this other island. It’s […]
This is the hottest market in the country right now
The hottest market in the country right now is…. Hobart. In case you hadn’t heard, Hobart is booming. At a time when Sydney and Melbourne are slipping, prices in Hobart grew a thumping 20% in the past twelve months! In fact, median prices in Hobart are now set to become more expensive than they […]
This myth is making us alienated from each other!
We’re all buying into this story, even though it doesn’t match up to our personal experience. Do you know that quote, “The only normal people in life are the people you haven’t met yet.” I think it was Mae West or something. I love it. First, I think it’s true. We’re all pretty crazy. We’re […]
Nationwide dwelling prices are falling!
The RBA and APRA will be well pleased with how this ‘managed pause’ in the property market is playing out. With doom and gloom on every channel, especially around the coming course of the property market, the analysts at Macquarie are doing what they could – hand around the chamomile tea. They make a few […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Pfft. Humanity has beaten bigger challenges than this.
A phrase to keep your mindset properly tuned. I used to have a builder I liked to work with. He’s moved away now. Last I heard he was heading north towards Darwin with the missus. Anyway, he had this expression that I used to love. “Humanity has beaten bigger challenges than this.” So if we […]
Is it faith or are you lying to yourself?
Do you have faith or just a complex way of lying to yourself? I saw a Facebook post the other day. It said “Pray for what you want. If you get it, know that the Universe / God loves you. If you don’t, know that the Universe / God is saving you for something […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: 50 Shades of Failure
I think most of us have our success/failure grading scale calibrated all wrong. For most people, I think there’s one grade of success, and then fifty shades of failure beneath it. Like Success Partial failure Total Failure Miserable Failure Total Trainwreck This is one of those instances where we are just too hard on ourselves. […]
Truth Bomb Tuesday: Slow is the new fast
Maybe the best way to be productive is to slow right down We all living in a state of burnout. More or less. Humans are just busy creatures. I was watching a gardener at work the other day. She had a Jack Russel with her. The dog was running around, getting its nose into things, […]
Sunny Skies For Perth Property Portfolios
Happy news at last for Perth, and how to read this particular piece of data. It’s always a risky business calling turns in the market cycle, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Perth has turned the corner. This is going to sound strange when Perth is still posting some […]
Thinking about thinking… ?
Our thinking about thinking is probably wrong. The idea that our thoughts are ours – that they arise out of our own brains – is relatively new. For a long time, in many civilisations, it was believed that your thoughts emerged from an interplay with your environment. It’s probably hard for us to imagine what […]