Your gym, your studio, your office, your café – what do you do? Of course there is the first level: help people train, get healthy, to move, to work, to eat, to drink. What about below that? Perhaps it for people to learn, to blow off steam, to socialise? What about below that? Maybe it’s...

Each word we choose has a different meaning, and so, as we change the way we use the spoken or written word, we carve up the world slightly different way. Over time, a different use of language provides the speaker with a reiteration of a different narrative or world view.We then see the world according...

When you start your health and wellness journey, or start going to the gym, there are a few different stages. An early stage, when you haven’t really been going for long, is about motivation – you might find a cohort, or a trainer to help create accountability and drive, to get you into the space...

One, two, maybe three repetitions and we have a path. We have a “way to go,” a best practice. By rep 150, we’ve got lock in. This is how we roll. When we seek to change things, or change confronts us, we rebuild. And our typical desire is to rebuild what we already have done...

In financial markets, cycles in nature and in culture, we often see “trends” emerge. Trends are interesting, and they seem to be an integral part of crowd behaviour and psychology. Of course, trends have both a start point, a period of momentum, and then, a point of exhaustion at which there can be a reversal...

As perceived tension rises in an environment, it’s natural for us to focus on short term needs: food, shelter, safety. On the opposite side, as we relax into our environment, we can also focus on leading longer term change. The work then lies in getting clear on a perception that’s actually most helpful at the...

I’ve run 200-250 zoom calls in the last 12 months, and the numbers will be close again this year. And one thing I’ve learned, is that there’s one huge commonality with a real world meeting. The common thread is this: We can tell if you’re not in the room. If you sit across the table...

There was a time when I was a new business owner in the retail space. I got into starting a running specialty store around 2009, because I was so passionate about running and triathlon, that I literally lived and breathed the sport. I also understood running technique, sales, and had worked in a store prior,...