“Shoot for the stars, and if you miss you’ll hit the moon.” This notion of course, is filled with possibility and is great in theory. The hiccup tends to come when we humanise the situation. It turns out that when we start to really push, we have a perception challenge. The fact is, if we’ve...

To be generous, is to call a friend to open the door for someone to compliment someone to allow others to express to write your thoughts to challenge someone to do their best to add to the conversation to respond not react to be present But what if it doesn’t work? What if they don’t...

You can play two games. One is the game of convenience. You build something that delivers what we want faster, smoother, cheaper and closer. Amazon, Netflix, F45, the one day business marketing workshop. Often, this wins. There is another path though. You can decide to create something longer, more impactful, often less convenient, but more...

In 2010, I ran my first advertising campaign for the running shoe store I owned. In a few days, I dropped 3,000 DL flyers into letterboxes in the neighbourhood. I did this by running home from the shop, and dropping them along the way. Each day I’d run a different way home until the flyers...

Recently my friend Johan gave me one of his artworks that’s now up on my wall where I work. In big letters, it says “The Only Way Out is Up.” A lot of the times we find ourselves facing a challenge. A big task ahead, a short time constraint, a difficult conversation. And when we...

At Aunty Peg’s coffee shop in Melbourne, you’ll get the best of the best as far as coffee goes. But, if you are after a latté, cappuccino or mocha, you’ll be either disappointed, or transformed, as they only serve it straight. No milk steaming, no frothing, no soy and no nut “mylks.” The place is...

About ten years ago I went to a music festival on a hot summer night in Sydney. Rage Against the Machine had the closing act – it was cool. When it wrapped up though, we realised we were right in the middle of a huge crowd and there were only 3 or 4 little exit...

We like to talk about assets and liabilities – “invest in the first, avoid the latter…” Usually we’re talking about visible, or tangible assets, like property, or stock options… Assets though can also be “developed.” This is huge. Think intangibles: skills, reputation, trust, networks and experience. So, given that individuals (yes you) already have assets,...