It’s a beautiful Spring day today in Perth, so I was out weeding the garden. As I was pulling the weeds I had a vivid flashback to pulling weeds with Dad in the vegie patch when I was about 7 years old. Back then, I had a habit of pulling out the larger weeds and …
I was just reading a great article by Julien over at In Over Your Head about how Information Is Not The Problem. As I started to type a comment, I realized I had more to say than was appropriate for a comment. Be sure to read Julien’s article, but for the purpose of continuing a …
My wife reminded me this morning about how important the simple things in life are. She had a great day a few days ago because she really enjoyed her shower lol. She also spoke at length over breakfast this morning about how much better her day is if she has a pretty ribbon in her …
One of the best ways we can endear ourselves to others is by validating them and their ideas. Even the most self-confident person you know needs validation. By validation, I mean telling them they’re on the right track and that their ideas are good. That can be implied or explicit. The opposite is also true …
I recently saw a documentary that talked about bees. Apparently they don’t see in our light spectrum: they see in infrared. Exploring this further, flowers look pretty interesting in the infrared spectrum. Even the most boring flower lights up like a commercial airport when viewed in infrared. An airport complete with landing strips, terminals and …
What’s holding you back? What do you have to do right now, that you know you have to do, but you just can’t bring yourself to do it? What project is sitting on your desk, calling to you, that you know would make your life better, but you just can’t do it? It feels like …
In today’s social media world, you can’t get away with impersonal communications. Everything is personalized these days, from Facebook to Twitter to Linkedin. Even Google personalizes your search results if you select that option. Anything that strays from personalized is now seen as fake. Impersonal screams “I’m just talking to you so you’ll give me …
I play a bit of chess every now and then. Ok fine I love it and play every day lol. One of the things I’ve learnt in playing and studying the game is that EVERYONE, no matter how much of a grandmaster they are, make mistakes from time to time. Sometimes the “mistake” isn’t actually …
Following a routine flips a switch in your brain to quickly get you “in the zone”. Sportspeople have their pre-match routine (whether they know it or not) as do soldiers, pilots, firemen, etc. Anyone who does focused work at a high level has a routine that gets their mind and body ready to perform. The …
A lot of training materials these days are delivered through video. I don’t know about you, but I can read a lot faster than I can watch a video. Don’t you feel like you’re wasting my time watching training videos, no matter how valuable it is? What if you missed a lecture and need to …