Every week the same 8 people have an hour long meeting. The yearly salaries  of the 8 attendees are as follows: $140,000 $30,000 $40,000 $65,000 $65,000 $65,000 $65,000 $65,000 The total yearly salary amount is - $535,000 The average yearly salary per person is - $66,875 The average weekly salary per person is - $1,286 … Continue reading Meeting cost →

The feeling of being listened to is great. Now mind you I’m not talking about just any old kind of listening, I’m talking about the holy grail of listening, undivided focused attention. It feels like someone is taking the time and truly cares about your opinion. The feeling can be so potent and uplifting that … Continue reading Being listened to →

You whisper your opinion to the person beside you. Upon hearing your view their face transforms from eager engagement to utterly horrified. ‘You don’t like dogs!’ they shout. All other conversations stop and everyone turns to face you. There’s a moments silence before the questions start raining down upon you. ‘How could you not like … Continue reading Unpopular opinions →

It's a fierce mild Thursday evening and Ms. McDonnell is in her classroom correcting Maths exams and she is absolutely breezing through them. But just across the hall Mr. Lynch, correcting English exams, is progressing at a much slower pace.  --- I've never corrected Maths equations but I imagine they are a lot easier than … Continue reading Correcting English essays →

Instant gratification - the curse of a generation.  I meditated for like an hour yesterday, how have I not achieved this enlightenment state yet? I took nearly 1,000 shots today, why am I not as good as Cristiano Ronaldo now? I ate a salad and jogged this morning, why do I still have a flabby … Continue reading Instant gratification →

I have noticed a trend within ‘The Last Dance’* narrative. Every now and then Michael fails, he has a poor game and the opponents gain the upper hand. That should be expected he is only human after all. But what immediately follows every trough is a huge impressive peak. It’s become a routine. A former … Continue reading He came back stronger →

Fear is helpful, it keeps us alive. Anxiety is harmful, it keeps us stressed. It's important to distinguish the two. You should trust your instinct to run from a flesh eating tiger. You shouldn't triple check you locked the front door.

A bad situation coupled with the belief that things will never change will ultimately lead to hopelessness. Before someone slips into depression it’s worth it’s weight in gold to challenge these assumptions and beliefs. Is it really that bad or are you making it sound worse than it is? Is it worse than living in … Continue reading Never changing →

‘Why are you guys writing the reports by hand?’ ‘The CEO likes handwritten updates’ ‘But it’s the 21st century?’ How much time and energy do you spend catering to stubbornness? Someone has taken a stand against changing. They’re set in their ways and they’re not learning something new so you have to come up with … Continue reading Convoluted workarounds →

I'm convinced that one of the reasons Michael Jordan was so successful was his view of failure. In one of his Nike commercials, he vocalises some inspiring advertising copy. Please see below: "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game … Continue reading MJ’s failures →