Last night Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya made history. In Vienna, Austria, Eliud broke the two hour barrier for the marathon, finishing the 42.2km race in 1:59:40. Similar to the first sub 4 minute mile by Roger Bannister in 1954, this is a remarkable breakthrough for sure. While there are a lot of things we can...

“Hey, I want to do this thing, but this is what I’m thinking. This is where I’m stuck.“ I was speaking to a mentor on a call the other week, and I told him my problem. I was completely stuck, so I spewed my words all over him. I had a very good reason to...

Free as a bird. It sounds kind of nice. But really, it’s not likely we’d enjoy this utopian state for too long, and it certainly wouldn’t gel too well with society or the culture at large. Whether it’s gravity, paying taxes, or how you choose to manage your email inbox, boundaries and constraints have a...

My boss Luke had just had his second baby, and it’s the end of the day, he’s tired. It had been a big day in the store. Luke had hired me part time to help him, and this place cranked. It’d become the number one specialty running store in NSW and one of the top...

Not the kind on your music, the other kind. Give 150 speeches. Brew 1,000 coffees on the espresso machine. Write 3,000 short stories. Do 100 sales calls per day. “Volume,” or repetition, is a remarkable teacher. It has the potential to break through some pretty thick skulls (even my own!) and deliver the message to...

Great Barrier Island is off-the-grid. It gets cold too. So one of the best things about going home in Winter is the fire. From June or so each year, the rectangular wood stove is burning most of the time. It’s more than the warmth too – it’s an attractor of sorts – we congregate around...

If I’m waking up early for a flight, I want a reliable alarm clock. If I’m writing a book and am new to a keyboard, it’s worth me doing a course in touch typing. If I want to grow my business, I need to understand sales. If I want better relationships, learning to communicate effectively...

Written or video. Maybe just 30 posts. Or 100. It’ll take time, energy, and effort, but overall, it’s easier than it sounds. And, everyone would benefit from doing it. Why? Well, you’ll need to make some observations for yourself, organise some thoughts, understand the basics of “story,” learn to write somewhat legibly, commit to something,...