How long are your answers? Too in depth and you lose them. Too concise and they don't understand. I believe the people who can strike the perfect balance between depth and concision in their answers deserve statues. Giant statues! Giant statues in the town square! As a listener it's a fantastic gift. It is the … Continue reading Depth & concision →

The patient lies on the bed in agony. Around the patient stand two helpers. There is the doctor who brings forth her education and knowledge to help cure the patient. Then there is the silent servant. Unlike the doctor the servant has no insight to offer, they can only offer their obedience. The servant is … Continue reading The silent servant →

When rejection is taken personally it’s gut wrenching. The devastation potential is so great that it could rob one of all desire to risk rejection again. So how do people do it? How do people succeed in areas where there is not only a risk but actually rejection is common place? I believe the trick … Continue reading Personal Rejection →

I don’t like saying ‘It’s going to be ok’. I don’t like saying it because it feels like lying. I can’t see the future. I don’t know if it’s going to be ok. In fact if someone is looking for reassurance there is probably a good chance it’s not going to be ok. I think … Continue reading It’s going to be ok →

'I think where you're going wrong with this project is the strategy.' 'Excuse me, did I ask for your opinion?' Unsolicited advice or unrequested involvement can be extremely frustrating for the receiver. The way I see it, you don't have to listen to advice you ask for, so you certainly don't have to listen to … Continue reading Unsolicited advice →

I played two games of tag rugby recently. I was on the winning team on both occasions but didn't attain the same level of satisfaction. The first game we won comfortably. It wasn't very taxing and by half time it was over as a competition. We cruised through the second half to victory. Now the … Continue reading Challenges and rewards →

Let's pretend you're a journalist. Each day you sit at your desk and spend the whole day writing one article of approximately 400 words in length. Then one day your boss comes to you and says I need 300 words from you in an hour.   Agh! Stress! Poisonous stress courses through your veins and … Continue reading You’re a journalist and… →

When is a good time to rest on your laurels? When you've had one hit on the charts? When you've got a 5 point lead on the opposition? When you reach 5,000 sales? I reckon the greats of this world attained that status because they refused to sit comfortably on their laurels. 'Good enough' wasn't … Continue reading When is a good time to rest on your laurels? →

The conversation arrived at 'party pieces' and I thought to myself: Why did party pieces die out? How come no one has a song in their back pocket, ready to sing at a moment's notice these days? And almost instantly my internal question was answered by another's external comment: No one is recording this right? We … Continue reading Party pieces →

Dave hates Henry and Henry is ok with that. Henry has known Dave hates him for a while now. Henry can see why Dave hates him and Henry has come to terms with it. But Henry doesn’t know if Frank hates him. So Henry is going to torture everyone around him with this theory as … Continue reading Dave hates Henry →