Someone suggests you do something. Something ambitious and yet achievable and all of a sudden it triggers a vision. A vision in your head of you doing it and doing it well. You can vividly picture yourself excelling at that aspirational task and now you're hooked. You can't unsee it and you don't want to … Continue reading Turning visions into reality →

As a youngster I used to love it when our opponents' best player went off injured. 'Our chances of winning have just increased ten fold!' I'd think to myself. But the Inner Game of Tennis describes a different attitude towards opposition performance. W. Timothy Gallwey encourages you to be excited about taking on a full … Continue reading Cheering on the opposition →

'We apologize for the noise, unfortunately the Royals baseball team are practicing in the neighbouring field.' And just like that we see Cam's interest piqued and as an audience we all know what's going to happen next. Cam is going to ditch Mitchell despite promising to stay by his side to try and secure a … Continue reading MF v MPFC →

Enid gave a NED talk recently (it's like a TED talk but nuttier) and it went down a storm! People from all over went out of their way to heap praise on her. 'Unbelievable talk Enid!' 'I had no idea you were so wise!' The NED talk was received so well that Nedia from NED … Continue reading Enid’s NED talk →

The rule is - you don't proceed without the web manager's sign off. It sounds simple enough right? But what if you're just a few minutes from quitting time and the web manager still hasn't replied to your email granting approval. Following the rule means the decision is easy, the change doesn't happen. We wait … Continue reading When disobedience helps →

I'm going that way! Are you sure? No, I wish I knew more. Can anyone offer me, a nice safe guarantee? How about an assertion, of which they're certain? Is there an instruction manual, that I can handle? I'll Google it! ... well that was shit! All the articles I read, the same thing they … Continue reading Which way poem →

You can bet that the last training session before the tournament and the final meeting before the launch will draw 100% attendance. I think it's seen as a display of commitment. Those who miss it are judged to be apathetic to the cause. An extra effort to attend is expected. If you don't appear you … Continue reading Final training →

I reject your stress! Sometimes just listening to some frantically worry makes me worry. Your panic ends with you! It's infectious if you're not careful. No chill vibes, no entry! But once you find out accepting the stress is optional it's a game changer. My calm will over power your panic!

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's rare for charity workers to quit their jobs to become stockbrokers or lawyers.I reckon the outliers struggle to get past the hoardes moving in the opposite direction.The highly paid executive quits her job to do something more meaningful with her life.It's been done … Continue reading Difference makers →

If the presentation was optional I'd say the teacher would have very little, if any students, signing up.'Risk making a fool of myself? No thanks!'If the presentation was mandatory then you would see a highly motivated class.The majority of students won't be motivated to do the best presentation possible but driven to avoid failure.The target … Continue reading Mandatory presentations →