Hi Team.Not a post… just an advert.I’m running a six-week, face-to-face program here in Melbourne commencing on May 29, for all you would-be life renovators.Find out about the program here.(This little notice is for the benefit of our subscribers who don’t visit the site and therefore don’t know about upcoming events… unless of course, I [...]
From the monthly archives:
April 2007
Aaah… the age-old debate.Are we born winners or do we become winners with hard work, discipline, dedication, determination… and all those other ‘D’ words?
We all want to be winners.(Well, I’ve personally never met anyone who has the goal of being a loser).
Winners in our career, winners in love, winners in business, winners in health, winners [...]
The world truly is our classroom.Life is our great teacher and without doubt, every day is a new lesson for us.An opportunity to grow, learn, develop, adapt and improve.Fantastic.
Yep, all good.
In theory.(of course that was coming)
It is all true… however (there’s always gonna be a however)… what if those life-lessons have been the very thing [...]
So last week we all met ‘Cactus’ Chris Couch in my post, From Couch Potato to Olympian.In seven fun-filled (painful) days, he’s jumped, punched, ridden, run, rowed, climbed, skipped, lifted and sweated his way to some pretty good results.I gave him plenty.. and he has stepped up to the plate.
He’s trained about an hour each [...]
They live among us.
In human form.
To the untrained eye, it is almost impossible to tell the difference.
Typically they look like you and I.
But they’re not.
They’re not like us at all.
They are Vampires and their modus operandi is not to steal your blood but rather, your precious energy.
Your life-force.
Your mojo.
To drain you emotionally and psychologically.
To frustrate [...]
One of the interesting things about my work is that I get the opportunity to see how people ‘work’… how they’re wired.Typical behaviours, thinking, attitudes, reactions.How they deal with situations, circumstances, events, catastrophes, tragedies, good stuff, bad stuff; life.
It’s all interesting stuff for me.
I’ve learned that most people, most of the time are reactive not [...]
Motivation (a few definitions):(1) A psychological concept with no single universally accepted definition, but which organisational sociologists believe concerns the determinants of intent, effort and tenacity, factors that push or pull us as individuals to behave in a particular manner.
(2) Feelings that drive someone toward a particular objective.
(3) The push of the mental forces to [...]
Hey Guys.. not a post, just a reminder.The bald man and I are having a casual get-together (beer, donuts, mud wrestling, stories) this Saturday morning for local craigharperdotcommers… more info here.
