Right where you are now, When you share an idea or insight, you are teaching us something. It could be your work, your music, your voice, your observations, or your writing. You are a teacher, we are your students. You transform us as you share your experience. In the Access Potential Academy, one way to...

To push the concept, idea, job or exercise onto someone else, or to wait for it to be pushed onto you is one way to walk through the world. To pull at the concept, the idea, the job or exercise from someone else, or to encourage another person to pull at ideas alongside you from...

When the shortboard revolution came to surfing from the late 60’s to the early 80’s, it was not led by the current celebrated leaders, it was propelled by upstarts. When Facebook was created in dorm rooms, it wasn’t designed by scholars and celebrated acedemics. Before Biz Stone founded twitter, he had told his high-school teachers...

In much of our current culture, there is status upgrade that is associated with embracing “discomfort.” Overly long work weeks, multi-tasking, pushing through fatigue, ice baths, high-intensity/gruelling workouts, lack of sleep. While it’s one thing to be able to have some resilience in the face of discomfort and move through resistance, It’s something entirely different...

When I write one blog post here, I can’t write another on that same day Do I just have one idea each day? Do you? No way. We have many. Here we have the concept of “choice,” I choose one idea, which means I can’t choose another. Then we have other choices while we go....

On Saturday Morning at 8am, my favourite coffee shop in Melbourne opens. Often, there’s a few people waiting outside at this time. I’m sure that the owner or barista doesn’t always feel like showing up. Maybe they had a big night on Friday.. Either way though, to open, to serve the best coffee around, is...

There are two ways to achieve this feat: 1 ) Train for the “one arm chin-up.” There are lots of popular methods that do this directly. 2 ) Bring a high level of “unilateral pull work” or a diverse range of “types” of pulling work into your practice. Attack it from a place of inquiry,...

When the plane is delayed you get a $10 airport retail food voucher. When they forget about your coffee, sometimes you’ll get a voucher for your next one free. A few times, they’ve forgotten an entire meal I’ve ordered – to then offer a free side of chips. Most of the time, this “token” is...