As a content marker and online publisher a lot of the work I do is in the digital and social media world. We often hear (and tell people) that we need to be ‘authentic’ in our storytelling, that we should create ‘authentic’ connections with people meaningful to us and our business. I totally agree. The thing though that has been …
I like to think I hold myself to account. That I’m a responsible person. That I do what I say I’m going to do. And when it comes to my clients, delivering on promises to friends and family, I’m pretty damn reliable. When it comes to my own desires, goals and ambitions, I’m terrible at being accountable to myself. I am …
We all have those days, weeks or years even. You’re stuck in a rut, or a funk that you just can’t escape from. Maybe you feel like you have no energy, or so overwhelmed by the tasks ahead that you do nothing instead. Or maybe you feel like you have lost your mojo. I for one, have just come off an …
There’s a great series of ads here in Australia from an insurance company featuring ‘Captain Risky’. Captain Risky is a self-styled Evel Knievel wannabe who says: “I’ve always been drawn to risk – like a moth to an oxy-acety-lene flame”. He performs crazy stunt after crazy stunt and has some epic fails along the way. Yet he goes on undeterred. “One …
We all know that emotional response when something just doesn’t feel right…or in some cases feels exactly right, but we can’t put our finger on exactly what and why. Call it intuition. Call it trusting your gut. Call it a hunch. Call it whatever you like, it’s a real thing. And from what I understand there are plenty of sound reasons to …
Trust is the cornerstone of all relationships. It’s the secret to personal connections, as well as business success. Every day we make multiple decisions, sometimes in an instant, about whether to trust others. We measure our hopes and aspirations against our worries and fears to determine whether someone is worthy of trust. So how do we know whether someone is …
I don’t think I’ve ever had a significant issue with drive. Driving as in motor vehicles in my younger days perhaps—for the record I’m an ‘Excellent Driver’ now—but never motivation. Drive: a determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need….an ambition to achieve something. Sure I occasionally have my bad days when I’m less motivated than others, but on the …
Someone told me once, ‘you don’t wear your heart on your sleeve, you wear it all over you’. I wasn’t sure if it was a compliment. I asked myself, should I be less passionate? Would I better off having a poker face? The answer is yes sometimes I would, because it would make me less vulnerable or less polarising in …
I have a love hate relationship with treats. I love having them but then I don’t really like myself much afterwards. When I think about treats, the first thing that comes to mind is food or drinks. Having ‘kicked’ the sugar habit several years ago, I honestly don’t indulge in typical treats that often. I know everybody says that but …
Grace. The word or name conjures up wonderful feelings of spirituality, humility and beauty. It also reminds me of the importance of having grace under pressure. In my professional and personal life I have endured many high stress situations and events. Working in crisis communication for example meant always expecting the unexpected, and sometimes horrible things happened and you had to be one …