“Wow, great job running today, keep it up!” vs. “You consistency and persistence week after week with the running that you are doing has really inspired me in my own pursuits. Thank you for that!” To encourage seems generous, and it can be. In reality though,, it’s often a passing comment – an outside assurance....

A couple of weeks ago I was standing in line at Popolo Gelateria on King Street. As is often the case, there was a line out the door. The tall man three ahead of me was making his way through his ordering process (each of us chooses gelato differently…), and was sampling a number of...

In Chinese, the character that represents “crisis” has two parts. The upper character represents “danger,” and the lower character represents “opportunity.” The tension that we often feel in a crisis, is real. It’s real because it’s a fork in the road, and there is some risk here of an outcome that we don’t want. However,...

It’s 43 degrees out, you’ve been at the beach for a few hours. It’s hot, you’re frustrated and you need a drink. There aren’t any shops, just one little café on the corner a couple streets back, so you walk in. In business, we see this all the time. Marty Neumeier describes this as “onliness.”...

When you get to work with a lot of business owners, you see a lot of ideas pop up. “I have a new idea about this, or I have a new idea about that… I think it’s going to go really well, do you think it will work?” Well, I have no idea! As an...

Around 2017 I started to train for a one arm handstand. I was competent in the regular handstand, and was enamoured by the amazing shapes I had seen. The image of the hand-balancer, poised, legs in the full split position. I was smitten by the idea. So, I got to work – every day, set...

“Are you a member with us?” No, why? “Well if you join now, you’ll accumulate points and you can get store credit.” What do I have to do? “I just need some details…” The buy ten, get one free offer… Or a membership card to get the discount… In theory, we can be swayed by...

“I am I and my circumstance; and, if I do not save it, I do not save myself.”― José Ortega y Gasset When we look at “human performance” – whether that’s in our work, sport, relationships… We see the significance of habits, behaviour, thoughts and feelings… Then of course emotions… Yet below this, there is our...