The Plan After some chatting with my wife, we had the idea to take our eldest son to the snow for a skiing trip. When I say we, my wife meant me. “Brilliant!” I thought to myself. I’d love to go snow skiing again as I haven’t done it for years. And I’d get to
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Motivate Me: Is It Possible? Or Do I Just Need To Be Inspired?
I recently had two of my most experienced team members go off to a sales conference of sorts. They have been working with me for over ten years and both of them are in highly customer focused roles. They wouldn’t mind me sharing this (I hope…..too late any way) but they were both feeling a
Lessons Learnt From A Child
Recently, I had the “pleasure” of helping my ten year old son do his homework assignment. As any parent of a primary school aged child will tell you, homework assignments can be a challenge as you try to keep your child focused and get the assignment done as quickly as possible. This week was slightly
The Privacy Debate
As social media continues to grow it delivers many advantages as well as many disadvantages for personal and professional communication. I mean, truly ask yourself, how safe is the information you share on social media? How well do you know the people in your social networks? Do you know them at all? As more and
Is It Too Hard To Say Thank You?
Growing up, it was drummed into my sister and I to always say thank when we received something and to follow it up with a thank you note or letter. This is still a ritual that I like to follow today but somewhere along the way times have changed and we’ve stop writing thank you
The Biology Of ‘Aha’ – Thought Insight
In the shower. Just as we are going to sleep. Whilst driving home. Why is it that ideas and flashes of insight seemingly pop into our minds in an instant when we least expect it and at the most inopportune moments? “I wasn’t even thinking about it and it just came to me”. ‘Insight’ is
People, It Is OK To Leave!
At this time, people around the globe are caught up in “world cup fever” as Brazil hosts the World Cup of Football (or soccer as it is commonly known in Australia). After the Olympics, it is by far the largest sporting event in the world and is held every four years. I turned on the
Questions That Will Make An Employer Want to Hire You
When attending a job interview, sometimes the most important questions in the room are the ones that you as a candidate ask the interviewer. Not only are these questions beneficial to make sure you are a good fit for the role, but they can also portray you in a good light if you are intelligent
Interview Preparation Is The Key
As previously mentioned in the previous article (Common Interview Questions), it is imperative to research a company and the interviewer before attending an interview. You may feel confident for the interview as you believe you have the company’s desired skills as well as an impressive work history to back it up, but nothing sets a