Selective reading - deciding not to recognise the rude words, the unfair words, the inflammatory words, and the application of pressure words in order to preserve your peace of mind and polite manner.

Mindfulness benefits you in many ways. One, being, people appreciate having the conversation once. Instead of 3 times like they have to with the mindless and the distracted.

Graham Norton was clearly angling for a funny anecdote. But Kevin Costner didn't get it. He thought this was the time to be serious. Read the room Kevin! You're on the red couch in front of an audience. This is the entertainment business and they're looking for humourous vignettes not boring generic answers.

Do you enjoy being here? The answer to this question should be obvious in the non verbals! Are they coming in with a smile on their face, greeting everyone? Or are they giving feeble excuses not to be there? Are they cracking jokes? Or are they bolting out the door as soon as possible?

C103 called people and recorded the interview live. NewsTalk had the interviewees come in and record the interview in the studio the day before it aired. I'm sure there are many logistical questions behind the scenes but the final product from NewsTalk was much better. Because both of the speakers were beside high quality microphones … Continue reading NewsTalk v C103 →

The good times pass, the bad times pass. The world moves fast in the working world. The world moves slow in the park. The younger generation never ceases to surprise the older generation with how big they've gotten since they saw them last. Life, it goes on. Anxiety doesn't mention this when it's doling out … Continue reading Life goes on →

I think avoiding frustration in sport is all around control, effort, and blame.What's within our control?Let's respond to challenges with increased effort.And blame is not productive mid game.

The team, collectively, without verbalizing it said:"oh it's not working, we're losing, let's stop trying"But the captain was having none of this. He roared:"We're not going out like this! Let's take it up a notch!I think if there's a huge gulf in class and the team has no chance of mounting a comeback then yeah … Continue reading Push, prod, poke →

In sport, when the game is long over as a competition, when it's clear who is going to win, there is a temptation on the winning side to screw about. I think if the players give in to this it's a serious lack of respect towards the opposition.They tried their best. They wanted to win. … Continue reading Respect in sport →

They've seen the Whatsapp message but they haven't replied to the poll. Which makes me believe they can make it but they're trying to decide if they really want to.See if they had something that clashed they would say no straight away and if they really wanted to go they would say yes right away. … Continue reading Seen the poll →