Espionage in The Family
Leading a Double Life I recently went to a surprise party and as I was walking the dog this morning, it occurred to me that the whole idea behind a surprise party isn?t quite as simple as it may first appear. The obvious idea behind a surprise party is of course, that it has to be kept a secret from the intended recipient of the surprise ? and that can be an extremely difficult thing to do. Especially if there are blabbermouths, careless friends, party poopers or children involved! The Real Secret Behind a Successful Surprise Party I asked...
read moreThe Inaugural Run 4 The Brain
Last year I went to a friend?s wedding; a celebration of life, of happiness, of love and devotion. Within months, my friend?s new husband was diagnosed with a tumour on the brain and given months to live. He underwent surgery and is of course, still having chemotherapy. Earlier this year, his wife decided to do something to say thank you to those who do such good work and she decided to organise a fun-run to raise money for brain cancer research. Raising funds for brain cancer research She had never staged anything like this before, yet she...
read moreTwo days they will never forget
I?ve just spent the last two days helping to officiate at a very unusual inter-school sports carnival. This wasn?t your typical inter-school athletics carnival, where the object is to find out which children are the fastest, strongest, most skilled etc. This was an immersive educational experience for children in Class 5 who are studying ancient Greece. Over the term, the kids have been learning about life and culture in ancient Greece and the subject culminates in a two day inter-school Olympic Games. Immersion Learning Children from three...
read moreMelbourne Cup Day Marketing Faux Pas
Anyone who lives in Australia will know that at around 3pm on the second Tuesday in November, the country comes to a stop. If Australians aren?t at the pub, the local racetrack or having a long lunch at a restaurant somewhere, they have most likely downed tools and are having a drink whilst watching TV or listening to a radio. This year at 3:02pm our phones started ringing one after the other in succession. In my experience, each time this happens it is usually an automatic phone-dialling machine and always reminds me of the episode of the...
read moreTime for a Makeover
When I set up this blog in January 2007, it was a bit of an experiment. I didn’t really know what I would write about. Sure, I had a few ideas, but my main goal was just to start. Now, here we are, 3 years 10 months down the track and I think it’s time for a major site makeover. I’m not just thinking of a paint job, but rather a full ‘back to basics’ reconstruction for a fresh start in 2011. Over the next few months a lot of the articles will be taken down and an all-new structure will begin take shape. What I...
read moreMy Adventure to New York
In my post last week, Learning and finding Inspiration, I wrote about an article I’d read in the New York Times. I wanted to know how far it was from where I was in Hall, ACT, to New York. (According to the site Time and Date it is roughly 16,233 km or 10,008 miles or 8,765 nautical miles) As I was sitting in a cafe I pulled out my trusty iPhone and went to Google Maps and requested the route. The answer was a staggering journey of 26,120.9km, which the site estimated would take me roughly 56 days and 8 hours. Somewhat more than...
read moreLearning and Finding Inspiration
I was inspired to go to our local coffee shop by and article I just read in the new York Times by Benedict Carey titled, ‘Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits‘ (Sept 6th 2010) I guess this is chaos theory in practice’? I’m sure Mr Carey, whilst writing this article, never imagined that his words would inspire someone 10,008 miles away to go to the Gumnut Caf? in Hall. Nonetheless, here I am. The article points out that psychologists from the University of California and the University of Virginia tell us that...
read moreYour Christmas Challenge Starts Today
Can you believe it is only 100 days until Christmas? That’s right, this week we countdown to the start of the silly season and if you’re one of my clients or a long time reader of this blog, you’ll know that I like to set ’100 day’ goals with a significant end date’? (and Christmas is a great end date!) What I particularly like about 100 day goals is that they present a significant challenge that is long enough to be a challenge but short enough that you can see the possibility of actually reaching them....
read moreGetting Back on Track
One of the things I love about my work as a personal coach is that it constantly keeps me on my toes. The last few weeks, I’ve found myself helping a couple of my clients improve their productivity and reduce their stress levels. And to do this we’ve been working on improving organisation in their daily lives and we have spent some time dealing with procrastination. Last Friday morning, I sat at my desk and looked at my own ‘to do’ list. Being organised is not one of my natural personality traits; it’s something...
read moreBeating Depression
I got an email from a client last Friday that gave me great joy. When she first signed on as a client with me a year ago, she was a mess. She was on medication for chronic depression, she hated her job, her family was neglected and she completely lost any sense of focus and direction’? and that was just the start’? over the last year we have seen some big changes in her life, but this email shows me that it has all been worthwhile. In part, she said: ‘I’ve made sure that I’ve left work on time (unfortunately...
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