I almost ran over my Dad. Well, a few times I reckon, but here’s the first time that I can remember.. I was 12, we were living on a boat and this was during the period where I was learning to spearfish. Contrary to what some might think, at the time, this process seemed fairly...

A book is a nice trade. For the price of a dinner, you’ve got something that could influence your life. I’ve had a few questions on some books recently, so I thought I’d post some of the recent titles that I’ve enjoyed personally. For this list, I’ve just included non-fiction. Some of these are a...

When I was in Melbourne and a co-owner of a gym, I worked with a lot of people one-on-one to help them move more easily and at the same time start to build some useful strength. The “assessment” process was fairly qualitative after seeing a lot of people – how are they moving now and...

Reduced to its base, whenever you are overwhelmed by any emotion you lose all reason, you lose all sensitivity, you lose your heart in it. – OSHO Overwhelm is as real as it is made up. There is a physiological response – the heart rate, the breath, the tension… Yet there can often be no...

I’m pretty sure Seth Godin and the altMBA team don’t publish the book list for this four week intensive for a reason. It’s not that they don’t want anybody outside of the program to know what some of the recommended reading is, it’s that they know we will do the work and talk about it...

Almost all of what we choose to engage in stems from the story we tell ourselves. Who we believe ourselves to be, how we exercise, what we eat. We like to think there’s some level of “unbiased research” in there, but typically that too, has passed through a filter of conditioning that is in line...

The Quakers are more correctly known as The Society of Friends, and was born in England in the 17th century. When the Quakers conduct a business meeting, it is referred to as a “meeting for worship with attention to business,” and generally speaking there is no separation between broader life, and business. There is a...

“No Junk Mail” We’ve had this on mail boxes for a long time. If I’m dropping off unwanted flyers, I might see a “no junk mail” sign. If I’m then considerate enough to not drop my flyer there,  it seems I know deep down my content here is considered “junk?” If I know this is...