In the Access Potential Academy personal and professional development program, I don’t run a Facebook Group.* Here are some numbers and maybe you can see why: In Australia, in 2016, Australians spent an average of 46 hours per week looking at a screen, but just six hours with family and friends. In 2018, you spent...

In Physics, the Observer effect is the theory that by simply observing a situation, we change the situation itself. When we talk about breath work, we have two options – we can be “active” in the practice – we can change the breathing, or, We can be “passive” in the practice – we can simply...

We “work well” with recognised patterns. Linearity – change the input and see an expected output. Familiar faces, places and behaviours and habits – we can relax, go into auto pilot. It allows “efficiency.” Chaos, is disruption. The cyclone that hits our everyday environment and causes us to stop. To really look. “Chaos should be...

“Only a surfer knows the feeling” – A Billabong Ad campaign that first surfaced in the 1990’s. When you try to describe the act or sequence of events that happens when you go surfing and catch (then ride) a wave, it borders on ridiculous. When you’re learning, we can break it down into a couple...

I’ll fly off of the island later today in a very small plane. When you land in Auckland – like many major cities, you get to look down see the fields and paddocks on the outskirts before you get to the landing area. You can see them all, it’s like a patchwork of different greens...

A little video today on intentional choosing, or more specifically, “choosing” to begin, start, act (or not to act) (If you are reading in your email provider, click on the email title above to take you to the post and the video.) I use these questions with myself and people I work with to help...

A week ago, we went diving (in this case, “diving” refers to free diving, or spearfishing, not scuba diving) on the west side of the island. You could barely see the end of your spear tip in the water. Heavy current and very poor visibility. We managed to stay in the water for maybe 40...

“Is the meal Dairy Free?” “Yes, but the sauce in the chips that comes with it has dairy in it.” “Ah that’s fine, I’ll still take the chips with the sauce, I just prefer dairy free generally. Thanks.” Gluten free, dairy free, wheat free, meat free, sugar free, nut free, egg free, soy free, grain...