Growing up, we would often play “catch” with Dad. His grandfather played pro baseball back in the 1920’s – and Dad also played growing up. So back-yard “catch” was an infinite game that we would play, simply for the sake of playing. When you play “catch,” when the person throws the ball, you don’t know...

Who do you want to become? A successful studio owner? A mother of three? Someone who is ecologically conscious? A professional athlete? A coach or a trainer? Who we want to become at a deeper level has an incredible impact on the environments we create, who we surround ourselves with and of course our thoughts...

You’re walking down the street at 10:30pm, and bump into a man who politely introduces himself. In a deep voice, he asks you if you’d like a free watch… He explains that it’s in fact a real Rolex, and has the papers to prove it. He’s dressed well, and, you can see the watch is...

On Sunday we walked into a favourite café down the road. The place is humming, almost every table is full and I could see from the notebook by the door they had a waitlist earlier on… I scanned the room to see if the owner was in, who I’ve gotten to know in the last...

Yesterday I ran a small workshop for business owners here in Newcastle in an Art Gallery. Before the workshop started, we all met, introduced ourselves and talked about our work and what has been happening. When we meet someone new, we have a situation – a new interaction – and the new interaction usually “cues”...

When we specialise for a specific task, we narrow our focus. We create a specific lens that allows us to excel in one area. So, what of dreaming? What of breaking the path? What of throwing out the wheel so that we have to reinvent it? Following “best practice” isn’t always the best idea… Diversity,...

When I was around 13, once a year or so we would go to a restaurant called Sizzler. It was an “all you can eat” place. I’ve always been a big eater, so as you can imagine, I was in heaven. I’d go plate after plate on all the foods we never normally had, until...

In 1997 I had just started at a new school and a few months in, we left on a boat for Fiji. My Dad had designed and built this boat in the previous 4 years or so, and this was the first trip of many around the South Pacific. When we’d go away, we would...