What about a thoughtful body? When we fix our ideas, patterns and pathways, we not only miss opportunities to learn, but often through needing to be right, we lose speed as well.
When do I feel like I can really show up and do my best work? When do I feel most generous? Is it a particular set of circumstances? A certain media landscape? A particular food or activity? A certain person or song that brings out the best in us? If so, we have two choices...
If you’re a busker, one way to be heard is to turn up the amplifier, and beat the drums louder. When we get louder, we make more noise. Surely we can be heard? Another way is to keep the volume the same, but create something that stands out, that people talk about, and something that...
There’s a woman walking along the footpath with her dog on the lead. She’s managing the eager dog in one hand and balancing her coffee and phone both in the other hand, with the little white earphones in her ears. Her second favourite podcast is streaming in and with a spare thumb, she’s just fast-forwarded...
There’s an amazing women’s only gym here in Newcastle. Not only is it a gym, of course, but it’s home to a thriving community of women who are connected through a love of strength and a passion for getting the most out of life. Now the question is, when we think of the woman who...
Around 2010 I was helping a good friend of mine set up a coffee machine in his new business. We were “dialling in” the machine, literally pulling hundreds of shots of espresso, trying to find the right balance of grind consistency, tamping pressure and the shot duration.* We were tasting the first couple, excited by...
On social media platforms there’s currently a big push to “build engagement.” The idea is, the more you “comment” and engage on a post, the more awareness you can build for your own profile, and the better you can do on that platform. It’s not uncommon for people to spend 1, 2, or even 5...
