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Watching a documentary about the life of a film critic, I had barely heard of, is certainly not an obvious viewing choice. But as I have found many times before, you often find wisdom and inspiration hiding in the least obvious places, Rober Ebert, as some might remember, was a world famous movie critic based […]

I admit it, I’m a little bit absent minded when I’m focused on one thing at a time (no, not that…), in this case fixing a hinge in the kitchen. There I was, screwdriver in hand, walking back downstairs to the toolbox and then I heard it. That awful thud of the door slamming shut

There are two ways to learn. Growing up I always used to hear the saying “There are two ways to learn, the easy way and the hard way. When you learn the hard way, you’ll never forget”. Two years ago, when I first moved to Sydney from Brisbane, I picked up an horrendous and debilitating

Who Do You Want To Be? Homer or Hercules? Now don’t get me wrong, Homer is a great guy. A devoted family man, grinding out a dead-end job to support his family. He’s a nice guy, who frequently does a stupid thing (or two) and occasionally loses his temper. However, I think we can all agree,

Late For The Pub: Lessons In Priorities Last Friday I had to fulfil my annual renewal on first aid and CPR. It’s a pain in the ass, as it takes ALL DAY, but it must be done for insurance and of course providing a duty of care to my clients. This is my 9th first aid

Lessons About Getting The Very Best From Yourself This weekend I sat down to catch up some of the latest movies. One of which I had been hearing a lot of praise about, Whiplash, because it won an Oscar for best supporting role. The story centres on a talented, young drummer, who has aspirations to

…well that’s what he claimed. This Saturday saw Rowena and myself go to the Entourage Unconvention 2015. The aim of the event is to have successful entrepreneurs from a host of fields share their experiences and stories. There were a variety of inspirational topics – including such lofty claims as “The Art and Science of

Tomorrow is Thursday. I HATE Thursday mornings. Do I have to get earlier than usual? No. Is the weather looking bad? No. Do I have a punish of a client who is going moan and winge through every second of their workout? No – got rid of them. No, my problem with Thursdays is far

I’m going to talk about “I’m a celebrity, get me out of here”, if you don’t like pop-culture or eating of disgusting things, LOOK AWAY NOW… This week, we saw Anna (of 1st season bachelor fame), eating a pig’s testicle to win food for the celebrity camp. And this was after eating many other just