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A Balancing Act

October 28, 2011

As parents we are constantly on the lookout for danger for our kids and to correct them when we feel they are going wrong. This means we become experts at catching them, at catching them doing ‘bold’ things. Unfortunately it is very easy to forget that we also need to ‘catch them IN’ and...

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Monkey Say and Monkey Do

October 26, 2011

Given that I now make a living helping all kinds of people overcome their self-limiting beliefs and achieve their full potential, I thought it might be an idea to be seen ‘walking the walk’ rather than just ‘talking the talk’. Quite simply, how can...

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Do Me a Favour…

October 13, 2011

John Peters, a great friend of mine now sadly passed on, once said to me “I want people to be laughing and smiling when I walk away from them. Whether they are laughing with me or at me is up to them.”

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Car Crash Teaching

September 22, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? Imagine if your driving instructor insisted on spending every lesson showing you videos of car crashes and saying ‘Don’t do that… oops… definitely...

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Six Wise Words

September 16, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? If I told you I know one simple phrase that could just change your life and everything in it, would you want to...

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The Smart Ass?

September 10, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? Some of my most frustrated Clients are decent, honorable people who work in big organisations and are driven to distraction by colleagues who...

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The Elephant and the Twig

July 22, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? In India they train obedience in young elephants (to stop them from escaping) by tying them to a huge immovable object, like a...

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Headspace

July 14, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? Stress is at the root of a modern day epidemic of misery.

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Baby Steps

July 12, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? A picture paints a thousand words they say, so watching something in action is always more effective than just being told about it....

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The Pursuit of Excellence

July 12, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? Last week’s article seems to have created a stir and a little confusion. So I will attempt to clarify exactly what I meant...

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Simply The Best? No Thanks!

July 2, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? Why is it that we are obsessed with exceptionality, with being Number One?  Everywhere you look, people are chasing their own tails seeking...

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Take it like a man!(or a woman, of course)

June 22, 2011

Isn’t it great to be alive? Last week I wrote about how a few kind words can change somebody’s day instantly. However I forgot to mention a major drawback...

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