Jun
14
I wish I could do this or I wish I could do that are not the most powerful of statements you can make to get what you want. Wishing for sun on a dreary Winters day is a great example…
Jun
09
Thomas Paine said, “Character is much easier kept than recovered.” Your character is priceless. Protect it at any cost because when everything is stripped away your character is all you have.
Jun
07
Kids these days. How we all despair sometimes when they drink themselves stupid or drive like they are possesssed. But there are always exceptions. Always kids who can inspire you if you listen to them. I travelled to Christchurch last…
Jun
03
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.” Passion as a spring is a great metaphor. Passion coils up and springs you forward in great leaps and bounds. Glenn
Jun
02
Bernard Baruch said, “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” I’m always asking why. Are you? ‘Why’ is something almost educated out us at school and asking can even lead to being made a fool of. But someone…
Jun
01
André Maurois said, “Business is a combination of war and sport.” I think life is like that to and should be treated as a game otherwise it could really get you down. On that point though. Sometimes it’s good to…
May
31
Elbert Hubbard said, “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.” I love the idea of a dangerous idea. One that jumps of the page, bites you, and won’t let you go. Have…
May
31
Todays subject is testing. Partly because I am testing out my new email marketing software and partly because as I started to test my system I realised we are constantly testing ourselves or being tested. A great example of this…
May
28
Hubert Humphrey said, “Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.” We generally have a lot left to work with that we seem to discount and…
May
26
Pablo Picasso said, “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” How often do you try something you cannot do? I’m learning the guitar. It will take years to…