Dec
30
Every year, for several years now, Lauren and I have written a list of what would make the year ahead the best year of our lives. It doesn’t generally take too long to do and it’s sometimes surprising what we…
Dec
23
Do you remember your dreams? When you wake up, or are rudely woken up by someone having a dream next to you, do you remember them? I do. I remember lots of them when I wake up because I might…
Dec
16
I believe you can only be truly free when you are almost invisible because truly great things come from the invisible. A good example is “overnight successes”. They were invisible for years. Practicing and working on their chosen craft. There…
Dec
09
The year is winding down quickly and I keep hearing excuses about why deals can’t be done and decisions made – it’s too close to Christmas. No it’s frustrating. That’s right the typical Kiwi ‘we’re winding down’ attitude has started…
Dec
02
Every morning I get a feeling that I need to get out of the house and down to my office. It makes for an interesting balance of getting things sorted, like my daughter, getting breakfast and just wanting to get…
Nov
25
Summer is really starting to hit Auckland lately. We’ve just had an amazing weekend and Monday has started really well. The sun is well up by 6.30 now and going down a lot later. Energy levels are rising and the…
Nov
18
Last Tuesday at 9.30pm a hole appeared in the SpikeHQ production office wall with great force. A truck driver dropping off a container next door made a mistake. A big one. Luckily no one was sitting in the office at…
Nov
11
It is no secret I like cars so it won’t come as any surprise that I enjoy watching movies about cars and car builders. Recently I watched a Petrolicious film about the Ring Brothers. Brothers Mike and Jim Ring build modern…
Nov
04
This week Seth Godin wrote a short missive on fearing the fear. One of the lines got my attention, “Most of the things we avoid are avoided because we’re afraid of being afraid.” What an interesting concept and one that will ring…
Oct
28
Last night I took the photo below of my daughter playing with a bunch of toys at her nana’s house and captioned it, “The centre of her universe.” I like this photo. It’s a great example of being content as…
